Overexpression of a chrysanthemum transcription factor gene, DgWRKY3, intobacco enhances tolerance to salt stress

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 69, Issue , 2013, Pages 27-33

  Liu, Qing Lin ^a   Zhong, Ming ^a   Li, Shuang ^a   Pan, Yuan Zhi ^a   Jiang, Bei Bei ^a   Jia, Yin ^a   Zhang, Hai Qing ^a  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chrysanthemum; DgWRKY3; Gene expression; Salt stress; Transgenic tobacco; WRKY transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHRYSANTHEMUM; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CHRYSANTHEMUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TOBACCO;

CHRYSANTHEMUM; CHRYSANTHEMUM X MORIFOLIUM; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84878431724     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2013.04.016     Document Type: Article

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