Cloning and expression analysis of MuNAC4 transcription factor protein from horsegram (Macrotyloma uniflorum (Lam.) Verdc.) conferred salt stress tolerance in Escherichia coli

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 139-146

  Pandurangaiah, Merum ^a   Reddy, K Eswaranarayana ^a   Lokanadha Rao, G ^a,b   Sivakumar, M ^a   Sudhakarbabu, O ^a   Nareshkumar, A ^a   Ramya, M ^a   Kirankumar, T ^a   Veeranagamallaiah, G ^a   Sudhakar, Chinta ^a  

^a SRI KRISHNADEVARAYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Bacterial expression; Horsegram; MuNAC4 (Macrotyloma uniflorum NAC4); RT PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MACROTYLOMA UNIFLORUM;

EID: 84871938316     PISSN: 01375881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11738-012-1056-1     Document Type: Article

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