Cloning and molecular characterization of a mitogen-activated protein kinase gene from Poncirus trifoliata whose ectopic expression confers dehydration/drought tolerance in transgenic tobacco

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 5191-5206

  Huang, Xiao San ^a   Luo, Tao ^a   Fu, Xing Zheng ^a   Fan, Qi Jun ^a   Liu, Ji Hong ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress tolerance; antioxidant system; mitogen activated protein kinase; Poncirus trifoliata (L.) Raf.; reactive oxygen species; stress responsive gene

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DROUGHT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRIFOLIATE ORANGE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PONCIRUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TOBACCO;

ALLIUM CEPA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PONCIRUS TRIFOLIATA;

EID: 80052867188     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err229     Document Type: Article

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