Transgenic tobacco plants over expressing cold regulated protein CbCOR15b from Capsella bursa-pastoris exhibit enhanced cold tolerance

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 169, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1408-1416

  Wu, Lihua ^a   Zhou, Mingqi ^a   Shen, Chen ^a   Liang, Jing ^a   Lin, Juan ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Capsella bursa pastoris; Cold responsive; Physiological index; Subcellular localization; Transgenic tobacco

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; GLUCOSE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; WATER;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CAPSELLA; CELL FRACTIONATION; CHLOROPLAST; COLD; CYTOLOGY; FREEZING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; MESOPHYLL CELL; METABOLISM; ONION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAINING; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CAPSELLA; CHLOROPLASTS; COLD TEMPERATURE; FREEZING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUCOSE; GLUCURONIDASE; MESOPHYLL CELLS; ONIONS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAINING AND LABELING; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TOBACCO; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; WATER;

ALLIUM CEPA; CAPSELLA BURSA-PASTORIS; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84865422961     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2012.05.016     Document Type: Article

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