Changes in freezing tolerance in hybrid poplar caused by up- and down-regulation of PtFAD2 gene expression

Transgenic Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 647-654

  Zhou, Zhou ^a   Wang, Min Jie ^a   Zhao, Shu Tang ^a   Hu, Jian Jun ^a   Lu, Meng Zhu ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

Author keywords

FAD2; Freezing tolerance; Over expression; RNAi; Transgenic poplar

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; DELTA 12 FATTY ACID DESATURASE; DELTA-12 FATTY ACID DESATURASE; FATTY ACID;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ASPEN; CHEMISTRY; CHIMERA; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYMOLOGY; FREEZING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; TRANSGENIC PLANT; UPREGULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CHIMERA; DOWN-REGULATION; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS; FREEZING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; LIPID METABOLISM; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POPULUS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION;

POPULUS; POPULUS TOMENTOSA;

EID: 77954534092     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-009-9349-x     Document Type: Article

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