Expression of a GALACTINOL SYNTHASE gene is positively associated with desiccation tolerance of Brassica napus seeds during development

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 168, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 1761-1770

  Li, Xu ^a   Zhuo, JiaJin ^a   Jing, Yin ^a   Liu, Xiao ^a   Wang, XiaoFeng ^a  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brassica napus L.; Desiccation tolerance; Galactinol synthase (GolS); Raffinose family oligosaccharides (RFOs)

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; INOSITOL 1 ALPHA GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; INOSITOL 1-ALPHA-GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PLANT DNA; PLANT RNA; RAFFINOSE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; STACHYOSE; WATER;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DESICCATION; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; RAPESEED; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BRASSICA NAPUS; DESICCATION; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; GERMINATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PHYLOGENY; RAFFINOSE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WATER;

BRASSICA NAPUS;

EID: 79961031620     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2011.04.006     Document Type: Article

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