A maize stress-responsive NAC transcription factor, ZmSNAC1, confers enhanced tolerance to dehydration in transgenic Arabidopsis

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1701-1711

  Lu, Min ^a   Ying, Sheng ^a   Zhang, Deng Feng ^a   Shi, Yun Su ^a   Song, Yan Chun ^a   Wang, Tian Yu ^a   Li, Yu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Maize; NAC; Stress tolerance; Transgenic plant

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CHEMISTRY; DEHYDRATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GERMINATION; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ABSCISIC ACID; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; DEHYDRATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GERMINATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; ZEA MAYS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84865626664     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-012-1284-2     Document Type: Article

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