Identification and expression analysis of CBF/DREB1 and COR15 genes in mutants of Brassica oleracea var. botrytis with enhanced proline production and frost resistance

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1323-1332

  Hadi, Fazal ^a,b   Gilpin, Martyn ^b   Fuller, Michael P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAKAND   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cauliflower; CBF DREB1; Cold acclimation; COR15; Frost resistance

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PLANT DNA; PLANT RNA; PROLINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BRASSICA; CHEMISTRY; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; FREEZING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STATISTICS; TIME;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BRASSICA; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; FREEZING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PROLINE; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BOTRYTIS; BRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA;

EID: 80053354885     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2011.08.013     Document Type: Article

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