Specific Downregulation of the Bacterial-Type PEPC Gene by Artificial MicroRNA Improves Salt Tolerance in Arabidopsis

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1080-1087

  Wang, Fulin ^a,b   Liu, Renhu ^b   Wu, Guanting ^b   Lang, Chunxiu ^b   Chen, Jinqing ^b   Shi, Chunhai ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION AND MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Artificial miRNA; Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase; Root development; Salt tolerance

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84865421836     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: 15729818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11105-012-0418-6     Document Type: Article

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