Enhanced expression of AtNHX1, in transgenic groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) improves salt and drought tolerence

Molecular Biotechnology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 250-256

  Ahsan, Muhammad ^d   Zafar, Asif Yusuf ^a,b   Iqbal, Javaid ^a   Iqbal, Muhammad Munir ^a   Rashid, Umer ^a   Ali, Ghulam Muhammad ^a   Arif, Anjuman ^c   Nazir, Farhat ^a  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^b PAKISTAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION   (Pakistan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING NIBGE   (Pakistan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Drought tolerance vacuolar Na + H + antiporter; Salt tolerance arachis hypogaea

Indexed keywords

35S PROMOTER; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; DROUGHT TOLERANCE VACUOLAR NA +/H + ANTIPORTER; DROUGHT TOLERANCES; GENETIC MATERIALS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; OVER-EXPRESSION; PROLINE LEVELS; SALT TOLERANCE; SOUTHERN BLOT ANALYSIS; TRANSFORMATION SYSTEMS; TRANSGENIC PLANTS; TRANSGENICS; WATER DEPRIVATION; WILD-TYPE PLANTS;

AGRONOMY; AMINO ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

DROUGHT;

ATNHX1 PROTEIN; PROLINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM PROTON EXCHANGE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROUGHT TOLERANCE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PEANUT; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SALT TOLERANCE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WATER DEPRIVATION; WILD TYPE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; DROUGHTS; HYDROPONICS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASMIDS; POTASSIUM; PROLINE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALT-TOLERANCE; SODIUM; SODIUM-HYDROGEN ANTIPORTER; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA;

EID: 80054980190     PISSN: 10736085     EISSN: 15590305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12033-011-9399-1     Document Type: Article

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