Nitrogen fixation persists under conditions of salt stress in transgenic Medicago truncatula plants expressing a cyanobacterial flavodoxin

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 954-965

  Coba De La Peña, Teodoro ^a   Redondo, Francisco J ^a   Manrique, Esteban ^a   Lucas, M M ^a   Pueyo, José J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Flavodoxin; Medicago truncatula; Nitrogen fixation; Nodule; Salt stress; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

FLAVODOXIN; INORGANIC SALT;

ARTICLE; BARREL MEDIC; CYANOBACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; METABOLISM; NITROGEN FIXATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CYANOBACTERIA; FLAVODOXIN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALTS;

CYANOBACTERIA; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA;

EID: 78149484103     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2010.00519.x     Document Type: Article

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