TaASR1, a transcription factor gene in wheat, confers drought stress tolerance in transgenic tobacco

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1449-1464

  Hu, Wei ^a   Huang, Chao ^a   Deng, Xiaomin ^a   Zhou, Shiyi ^a   Chen, Lihong ^a   Li, Yin ^a   Wang, Cheng ^a   Ma, Zhanbing ^a   Yuan, Qianqian ^a   Wang, Yan ^a   Cai, Rui ^a   Liang, Xiaoyu ^a   Yang, Guangxiao ^a   He, Guangyuan ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid ; And ripening induced (ASR) protein; Antioxidant system; Reactive oxygen species (ROS); Stress ; Stress responsive genes

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MALONALDEHYDE; PHYTOHORMONE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; WATER;

ABSCISIC ACID; ANTIOXIDANT; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; DROUGHT STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; HOMEOSTASIS; OSMOSIS; PROTEIN; RIPENING; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WATER CONTENT; WHEAT;

ABSCISIC ACID-; ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AND RIPENING-INDUCED (ASR) PROTEIN; ANTIOXIDANT SYSTEM; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DROUGHT; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES (ROS); REPORTER GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEEDLING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS-; STRESS-RESPONSIVE GENES; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WHEAT;

ABSCISIC ACID-; AND RIPENING-INDUCED (ASR) PROTEIN; ANTIOXIDANT SYSTEM; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES (ROS); STRESS-; STRESS-RESPONSIVE GENES;

ABSCISIC ACID; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEEDLING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRITICUM; WATER;

NICOTIANA TABACUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84879108724     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pce.12074     Document Type: Article

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