OsSFR6 is a functional rice orthologue of SENSITIVE TO FREEZING-6 and can act as a regulator of COR gene expression, osmotic stress and freezing tolerance in Arabidopsis

New Phytologist

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 984-995

  Wathugala, Deepthi L ^a   Richards, Shane A ^a   Knight, Heather ^a   Knight, Marc R ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; COLD ON Regulated (COR) genes; Drought; Freezing tolerance; Germination; Osmotic stress; Rice (Oryza sativa); Sensitive to freezing 6 (SFR6)

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; KIN 2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

CLONE; DICOTYLEDON; DROUGHT; FREEZE TOLERANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; GERMINATION; HOMOLOGY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; OSMOSIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN; RICE;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; COLD; DROUGHT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GERMINATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT GENE; RICE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COLD TEMPERATURE; DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GERMINATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORYZA SATIVA; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

ARABIDOPSIS; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 80051596149     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03759.x     Document Type: Article

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