DRE-binding transcription factor (DREB1A) as a master regulator induced a broad range of abiotic stress tolerance in plant

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 67, 2011, Pages 15100-15108

  Kohan, Eisa ^a   Bagherieh Najjar, Mohammad B ^a  

^a GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; DREB1A gene; Tolerance plant

Indexed keywords

DRE BINDING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HEAVY METAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABIOTIC STRESS; DREB1A GENE; DROUGHT; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HARMFUL RAY; HEAT STRESS; HEAT TOLERANCE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MECHANICAL TRAUMA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT GENE; PLANT STRESS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SALINITY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EID: 80355132332     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.1147     Document Type: Review

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