Over-expressing Salicornia europaea (SeNHX1) gene in tobacco improves tolerance to salt

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 73, 2011, Pages 16452-16460

  Yang, Xiaoling ^a,b   Ji, Jing ^a   Wang, Gang ^a   Yang, Shaohui ^a   Zhao, Qing ^a   Josine, Tchouopou Lontchi ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tianjin Academy of Agricultural Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzyme; MDA; Na +; Na + H + antiporter; Proline

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; MALONALDEHYDE; PROLINE;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BUD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRY WEIGHT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENOME ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MERISTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT HEIGHT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT RESPONSE; PLANT STEM; PLANT STRESS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALICORNIA EUROPAEA NHX1 GENE; SALT STRESS; SALT TOLERANCE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WILD TYPE;

NICOTIANA TABACUM; SALICORNIA; SALICORNIA EUROPAEA;

EID: 81855220822     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.1092     Document Type: Article

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