Compatible Solute Engineering in Plants for Abiotic Stress Tolerance - Role of Glycine Betaine

Current Genomics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 157-165

  Wani, Shabir Hussain ^a   Singh, Naorem Brajendra ^b   Haribhushan, Athokpam ^a   Mir, Javed Iqbal ^c  

^a Farm Science Centre (KVK) Hengbung   (India)

^b CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF TEMPERATE HORTICULTURE   (India)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Choline; Compatible solute; Genetic engineering; Glyicine betaine; Osmoprotectants; Salinity

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; BETAINE ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; CHOLINE DEHYDROGENASE; CHOLINE OXIDASE; GLYCINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROLINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SARCOSINE; UBIQUITIN;

ABIOTIC STRESS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLOROPLAST; DROUGHT STRESS; DRUG ACCUMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LEAF WATER POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT OSMOTIC ADJUSTMENT; REVIEW; RICE; SALINITY; SALT TOLERANCE; SOLUTE; TEMPERATURE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EID: 84878637491     PISSN: 13892029     EISSN: 18755488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1389202911314030001     Document Type: Review

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