Constitutive expression of CaRma1H1, a hot pepper ER-localized RING E3 ubiquitin ligase, increases tolerance to drought and salt stresses in transgenic tomato plants

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1659-1665

  Seo, Young Sam ^a,c   Choi, Jun Young ^b   Kim, Soo Jin ^a   Kim, Eun Yu ^a   Shin, Jeong Sheop ^b   Kim, Woo Taek ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Ginseng Corporation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Constitutive expression; Drought tolerance; Endoplasmic reticulum; RING E3 Ub ligase; Transgenic tomato plants

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; DROUGHT; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PEPPER; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SALINITY; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CAPSICUM; DROUGHTS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SALINITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES;

CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 84865620482     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-012-1278-0     Document Type: Article

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