A Novel Stress-Induced Sugarcane Gene Confers Tolerance to Drought, Salt and Oxidative Stress in Transgenic Tobacco Plants

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Begcy, Kevin ^a   Mariano, Eduardo D ^a   Gentile, Agustina ^a   Lembke, Carolina G ^b   Zingaretti, Sonia Marli ^c   Souza, Glaucia M ^b   Menossi, Marcelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RIBEIRÃO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROUGHT RESPONSE 1 GENE; DROUGHT STRESS; DROUGHT TOLERANCE; EUDICOT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GERMINATION; MONOCOT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT RESPONSE; PLANT WATER CONTENT; SALT STRESS; SALT TOLERANCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; SUGARCANE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHLOROPHYLL; DROUGHTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SACCHARUM; SALTS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUCROSE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENES; WATER;

NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA;

EID: 84866276978     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044697     Document Type: Article

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