Expression of Two Self-enhancing Antifreeze Proteins from the Beetle Dendroides canadensis in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 802-813

  Lin, Xia ^a   Wisniewski, Michael E ^b   Duman, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN FRUIT RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifreeze protein; Arabidopsis thaliana; Cold tolerance; Dendroides canadensis; Multi gene transformation; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; COLEOPTERA; DENDROIDES CANADENSIS; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 80255126229     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: 15729818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11105-011-0287-4     Document Type: Article

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