Overexpression of PgDREB2A transcription factor enhances abiotic stress tolerance and activates downstream stress-responsive genes

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1125-1135

  Agarwal, Parinita ^a,b   Agarwal, Pradeep K ^a,c   Joshi, Arvind J ^b   Sopory, Sudhir K ^a   Reddy, Malireddy K ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^b BHAVNAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c CSIR CENTRAL SALT AND MARINE CHEMICALS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Pennisetum glaucum; PgDREB2A; Transcription factor; Transgenics

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PLANT DNA; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PGDREB2A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROUGHT STRESS; DROUGHT TOLERANCE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; HYPEROSMOTIC STRESS; NONHUMAN; PEARL MILLET; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROOT DEVELOPMENT; SALT STRESS; SALT TOLERANCE; SEEDLING; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WILD TYPE; ADAPTATION; DEHYDRATION; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; UPREGULATION;

NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; DEHYDRATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GERMINATION; PENNISETUM; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POTASSIUM; SALT-TOLERANCE; SODIUM; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 77950903956     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-009-9885-8     Document Type: Article

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