Generation of chimeric repressors that confer salt tolerance in Arabidopsis and rice

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 736-746

  Mito, Tomomi ^a   Seki, Motoaki ^b   Shinozaki, Kazuo ^b,c   Ohme Takagi, Masaru ^d   Matsui, Kyoko ^a,d  

^a GreenSogna Inc   (Japan)

^b RIKEN YOKOHAMA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c RIKEN TSUKUBA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; CRES T; Osmotic stress; Repressor; Salt stress; Stress tolerance

Indexed keywords

MANNITOL; PLANT RNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; WATER;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DNA MICROARRAY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; RICE; SALT TOLERANCE; SEEDLING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE LIBRARY; MANNITOL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ORYZA SATIVA; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA, PLANT; SALT-TOLERANCE; SEEDLING; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WATER;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 79961148618     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2010.00578.x     Document Type: Article

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