Functional analysis reveals effects of tobacco alternative oxidase gene (NtAOX1a) on regulation of defence responses against abiotic and biotic stresses

Bioscience Reports

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 375-383

  Zhang, Yi ^a   Xi, Dongmei ^a   Wang, Jian ^a   Zhu, Dongfang ^a   Guo, Xingqi ^a  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alternative oxidase; Low temperature; Nicotiana tabacum AOX1a (NTAOX1a); Reactive oxygen species (ROS); Transgenic plant; Viral resistance

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; ALTERNATIVE OXIDASE; OXIDIZING AGENT; POTASSIUM CYANIDE; SCAVENGER; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ALTERNATIVE OXIDASE 1A GENE; ARTICLE; BIOTIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GERMINATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT GENE; PLANT STRESS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TOBACCO; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS; VIRUS RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

NICOTIANA TABACUM; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS;

FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IMMUNITY, INNATE; OXIDANTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POTASSIUM CYANIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TOBACCO; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 70350445256     PISSN: 01448463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BSR20080133     Document Type: Article

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