Metabolic engineering of rice leading to biosynthesis of glycinebetaine and tolerance to salt and cold

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1011-1019

  Sakamoto, Atsushi ^a   Alia, ^a   Murata, Norio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Choline oxidase; Genetic engineering; Glycinebetaine; Low temperature tolerance; Salt tolerance; Transgenic rice

Indexed keywords

ARTHROBACTER; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLOROPLAST; CHOLINE OXIDASE; COLD TOLERANCE; CYTOSOL; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GLYCINEBETAINE; GROWTH INHIBITION; GROWTH RATE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GROWTH; SALT TOLERANCE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WILD RELATIVE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; BETAINE; CHLOROPLASTS; COLD; CYTOSOL; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; ORYZA SATIVA; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RHIZOBIUM; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ARTHROBACTER; ARTHROBACTER GLOBIFORMIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 6544290514     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006095015717     Document Type: Article

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