Dehydrin variants associated with superior freezing tolerance in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1163-1174

  Rémus Borel, Wilfried ^a,b   Castonguay, Yves ^a   Cloutier, Jean ^a   Michaud, Réal ^a   Bertrand, Annick ^a   Desgagnés, Réjean ^a   Laberge, Serge ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMPLICONS; BULK SEGREGANT ANALYSIS; DEHYDRINS; FRAGMENT SIZES; FREEZING TOLERANCE; GENETIC BACKGROUNDS; MEDICAGO; RECURRENT SELECTION; SECONDARY STRUCTURES; SIZE VARIATION; SOUTHERN BLOT; SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES;

AMINO ACIDS; AMPLIFICATION; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYMORPHISM;

FREEZING;

DEHYDRIN PROTEINS, PLANT; PLANT DNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ALFALFA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FREEZING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA, PLANT; FREEZING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENOTYPE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 77950022302     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00122-009-1243-7     Document Type: Article

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