Isolation and characterization of two sorbitol transporter gene promoters in micropropagated apple plants (Malus × domestica) regulated by drought stress

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 475-482

  Li, Fang ^a   Lei, Hengjiu ^a   Zhao, Xiangjuan ^a   Shen, Xinjie ^a   Liu, Ailing ^a   Li, Tianhong ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Drought stress; Malus domestica; Promoter; Sorbitol transporter; Transgenic Arabidopsis; Transgenic tobacco

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84869145446     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: 15735087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10725-012-9737-8     Document Type: Article

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