Expression of the ggpPS gene for glucosylglycerol biosynthesis from Azotobacter vinelandii improves the salt tolerance of Arabidopsis thaliana

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1679-1689

  Klähn, Stephan ^a   Marquardt, Daniel M ^b   Rollwitz, Inga ^a,b   Hagemann, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compatible solute; Stress; Sugar metabolism; Transgenic plant

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUCOSIDE; GLUCOSYLGLYCEROL; GLUCOSYLGLYCEROL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; GLUCOSYLGLYCEROL-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SALT TOLERANCE;

ARABIDOPSIS; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSIDES; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; SALT-TOLERANCE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 65349108733     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erp030     Document Type: Article

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