Improvement of drought and salt tolerance in Arabidopsis and Lotus corniculatus by overexpression of a novel DREB transcription factor from Populus euphratica

Gene

Volumn 506, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-17

  Zhou, Mei Liang ^a   Ma, Jiang Tao ^a   Zhao, Yang Min ^a,b   Wei, Ya Hui ^b   Tang, Yi Xiong ^a   Wu, Yan Min ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AP2 ERF domain; Molecular breeding; Populus euphratica; RACE clone; Stress tolerance

Indexed keywords

1 NAPHTHYLACETIC ACID; 6 N BENZYLADENINE; BINDING PROTEIN; DEHYDRATION RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; GIBBERELLIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ASPEN; DROUGHT TOLERANCE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; LOTUS CORNICULATUS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POPULUS EUPHRATICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALT TOLERANCE; STRESS;

ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PLANT; DROUGHTS; GENES, PLANT; LOTUS; MALONDIALDEHYDE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POPULUS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SALT-TOLERANCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; LOTUS CORNICULATUS; POPULUS EUPHRATICA;

EID: 84864527636     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.06.089     Document Type: Article

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