Stress-inducible expression of barley Hva1 gene in transgenic mulberry displays enhanced tolerance against drought, salinity and cold stress

Transgenic Research

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 939-957

  Checker, Vibha G ^a   Chhibbar, Anju K ^a   Khurana, Paramjit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress tolerance; Field evaluation; Hva1; Inducible expression; Mulberry; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; HVA1 PROTEIN, HORDEUM VULGARE; PLANT DNA; RD29A PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; COLD; DROUGHT; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; HALOPHYTE; HORDEUM; METABOLISM; MORUS; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; SALINITY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; COLD TEMPERATURE; DNA, PLANT; DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC VECTORS; HORDEUM; MORUS; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SALINITY; SALT-TOLERANT PLANTS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

AGROBACTERIUM; ARABIDOPSIS; HORDEUM; MORUS (ANGIOSPERM); MORUS INDICA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 84865975292     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-011-9577-8     Document Type: Article

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