Overexpression of a novel chrysanthemum NAC transcription factor gene enhances salt tolerance in tobacco

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2073-2082

  Liu, Qing Lin ^a   Xu, Ke Dong ^b   Zhao, Liang Jun ^c   Pan, Yuan Zhi ^a   Jiang, Bei Bei ^a   Zhang, Hai Qing ^a   Liu, Guang Li ^a  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHOUKOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chrysanthemum; DgNAC1; Gene expression; Salt stress; Transgenic tobacco

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; CDNA ENDS; CELLULAR PROCESS; CHRYSANTHEMUM; COLD TREATMENTS; DGNAC1; DNA-BINDING; FULL-LENGTH CDNA; FUSION PROTEINS; HIGH SALINITY; N-TERMINALS; NORMAL GROWTH; OVER-EXPRESSION; PLANT STRESS; SALT STRESS; SALT STRESS TOLERANCE; SALT TOLERANCE; STRESS RESPONSE; STRESS TOLERANCE; SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATIONS; TARGET GENES; TRANSGENIC TOBACCO;

AMINO ACIDS; DROUGHT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HARDWOODS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

TRANSCRIPTION;

SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHRYSANTHEMUM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SALT TOLERANCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHRYSANTHEMUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SALT-TOLERANCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CHRYSANTHEMUM; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 80052809773     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-011-0659-8     Document Type: Article

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