Isolation and characterization of low-sulphur-tolerant mutants of Arabidopsis

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3407-3422

  Wu, Yu ^a   Zhao, Qing ^a   Gao, Lei ^a   Yu, Xiao Min ^b,c   Fang, Ping ^b   Oliver, David J ^c   Xiang, Cheng Bin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation tagging; Arabidopsis; At1g43700; At3g55880; Low sulphur tolerance; Root; Sulphate utilization efficiency

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BACTERIAL DNA; HEAVY METAL; PLANT RNA; SULFATE; SULFUR; T DNA; T-DNA; VIP1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT ROOT; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENE LIBRARY; METALS, HEAVY; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA, PLANT; SULFATES; SULFUR; TOBACCO;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 77954794377     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erq161     Document Type: Article

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