Overexpression of WsSGTL1 Gene of Withania somnifera Enhances Salt Tolerance, Heat Tolerance and Cold Acclimation Ability in Transgenic Arabidopsis Plants

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Mishra, Manoj K ^a   Chaturvedi, Pankaj ^b   Singh, Ruchi ^a   Singh, Gaurav ^a   Sharma, Lokendra K ^a   Pandey, Vibha ^a   Kumari, Nishi ^c   Misra, Pratibha ^a  

^a CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; COLD STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GERMINATION; HEAT STRESS; HEAT TOLERANCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; HSP70 GENE; HSP90 GENE; LEA4 GENE; LEA5 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GENE; PLANT PARAMETERS; PLANT RESPONSE; PROMOTER REGION; RADIOENZYMATIC ASSAY; RD29 GENE; RELATIVE ELECTROLYTE CONDUCTIVITY; RELATIVE ELECTROLYTE LEAKAGE; ROOT LENGTH; SALT STRESS; SALT TOLERANCE; SHOOT WEIGHT; SOS3 GENE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA STEROL GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE 1 GENE; ACCLIMATIZATION; ADAPTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HEAT; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; WITHANIA;

AGROBACTERIUM; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ARABIDOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HOT TEMPERATURE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SALT-TOLERANCE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WITHANIA;

EID: 84876974415     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063064     Document Type: Article

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