Improving rice (oryza sativa L.) drought tolerance by suppressing a NF-YA transcription factor

Iranian Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 40-48

  Najafabadi, Masood Soltani ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b SEED AND PLANT IMPROVEMENT INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Drought stress; Nuclear factor Y; Rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Indexed keywords

SCAVENGER;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROUGHT STRESS; DROUGHT TOLERANCE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR FACTOR YA TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENOME; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT RESPONSE; PLANT STOMA; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RICE; WATER SUPPLY;

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 84855328726     PISSN: 17283043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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