Ectopic expression of an EAR motif deletion mutant of SlERF3 enhances tolerance to salt stress and Ralstonia solanacearum in tomato

Planta

Volumn 232, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1075-1086

  Pan, I Chun ^a,b,c   Li, Chia Wen ^c   Su, Ruey Chih ^d   Cheng, Chiu Ping ^e   Lin, Choun Sea ^b   Chan, Ming Tsair ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c Academia Sinica Biotechnology Center in Southern Taiwan   (Taiwan)

^d FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

AP2 ERF; EAR; Pathogen resistance; Repression domain; Salt tolerance

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MUTANT PROTEINS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM;

EID: 77956668909     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-010-1235-5     Document Type: Article

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