The heterologous expression in Arabidopsis of a chrysanthemum Cys2/His2 zinc finger protein gene confers salinity and drought tolerance

Planta

Volumn 235, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 979-993

  Gao, Haishun ^a   Song, Aiping ^a   Zhu, Xirong ^a   Chen, Fadi ^a   Jiang, Jiafu ^a   Chen, Yu ^a   Sun, Yan ^a   Shan, Hong ^a   Gu, Chunsun ^a   Li, Peiling ^a   Chen, Sumei ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress tolerance; Chrysanthemum; Cys2 His2 zinc finger protein; Gene expression; Transgenic Arabidopsis

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHRYSANTHEMUM; DROUGHT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; SALINITY; SALT TOLERANCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ARABIDOPSIS; CHRYSANTHEMUM; DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SALINITY; SALT-TOLERANCE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ZINC FINGERS;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHRYSANTHEMUM;

EID: 84860224690     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-011-1558-x     Document Type: Article

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