Overexpression of the Brassica napus BnLAS gene in Arabidopsis affects plant development and increases drought tolerance

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 373-388

  Yang, Minggui ^a   Yang, Qingyong ^a   Fu, Tingdong ^a   Zhou, Yongming ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

BnLAS; Brassica napus; Drought tolerance; Epidermal wax; Stomatal development

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; PLANT DNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STOMA; PROMOTER REGION; RAPESEED; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSGENIC PLANT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BRASSICA NAPUS; CHLOROPHYLL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, PLANT; DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT STOMATA; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ARABIDOPSIS; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA;

EID: 79751528566     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-010-0940-7     Document Type: Article

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