Arabidopsis LOS5/ABA3 overexpression in transgenic tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum cv. Xanthi-nc) results in enhanced drought tolerance

Plant Science

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 405-411

  Yue, Yuesen ^a   Zhang, Mingcai ^a   Zhang, Jiachang ^a   Duan, Liusheng ^a   Li, Zhaohu ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Antioxidant enzymes; Drought tolerance; Transgenic tobacco

Indexed keywords

ABA3 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ABSCISIC ACID; ANTIOXIDANT; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; ELECTROLYTE; PROLINE; SULFURTRANSFERASE; SUPEROXIDE;

ADAPTATION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DROUGHT; ENZYMOLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEEDLING; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ABSCISIC ACID; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANTIOXIDANTS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DROUGHTS; ELECTROLYTES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROLINE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEEDLING; SULFURTRANSFERASES; SUPEROXIDES; TOBACCO;

AGROBACTERIUM; ARABIDOPSIS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 80052309455     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2011.06.010     Document Type: Article

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