Functional analyses of ethylene response factor JERF3 with the aim of improving tolerance to drought and osmotic stress in transgenic rice

Transgenic Research

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 809-818

  Zhang, Haiwen ^a,c,d   Liu, Wu ^a,b   Wan, Liyun ^a   Li, Fang ^a,b   Dai, Liangying ^b   Li, Dingjun ^b   Zhang, Zhijin ^a,c,d   Huang, Rongfeng ^a,c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b HUNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c National Key Facility of Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Drought; ERF protein JERF3; Osmotic stress; Rice; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROLINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DROUGHT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; RICE; SEEDLING; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CARBOHYDRATES; DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC VECTORS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; ORYZA SATIVA; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROLINE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEEDLING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

DICOTYLEDONEAE; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 77956455699     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-009-9357-x     Document Type: Article

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