ZmCBF3 overexpression improves tolerance to abiotic stress in transgenic rice (Oryza sativa) without yield penalty

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1949-1957

  Xu, Miaoyun ^a   Li, Luhui ^a,b   Fan, Yunliu ^a   Wan, Jianmin ^a   Wang, Lei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b INNER MONGOLIA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress tolerance; CBF; Rice; Transcriptional activator; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; MALONALDEHYDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COLD; DROUGHT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; RICE; SALINITY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ABSCISIC ACID; COLD TEMPERATURE; DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MALONDIALDEHYDE; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SALINITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; ZEA MAYS;

ORYZA SATIVA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 80052806312     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-011-1103-1     Document Type: Article

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