Overexpression of GsZFP1 enhances salt and drought tolerance in transgenic alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue , 2013, Pages 22-30

  Tang, Lili ^a   Cai, Hua ^a   Ji, Wei ^a   Luo, Xiao ^b   Wang, Zhenyu ^b   Wu, Jing ^a   Wang, Xuedong ^a   Cui, Lin ^a   Wang, Yang ^a   Zhu, Yanming ^a   Bai, Xi ^a  

^a NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Drought tolerance; GsZFP1; Marker genes; Salt tolerance

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; ABSCISIC ACID; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALONALDEHYDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ABA; ALFALFA; ARTICLE; C2H2; CYS(2)/HIS(2); DROUGHT; DROUGHT TOLERANCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GPDH; GSZFP1; M. SATIVA L.; MARKER GENES; MEDICAGO SATIVA L; METABOLISM; QRT-PCR; QUANTITATIVE REAL-TIME PCR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RT-PCR; SALT TOLERANCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TBA; TCA; TEM; TFS; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ABA; ABSCISIC ACID; ALFALFA; C2H2; CYS(2)/HIS(2); DROUGHT TOLERANCE; GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASES; GPDH; GSZFP1; M. SATIVA L.; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MARKER GENES; MDA; MEDICAGO SATIVA L; QRT-PCR; QUANTITATIVE REAL-TIME PCR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION PCR; RT-PCR; SALT TOLERANCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEM; TBA; TCA; TEM; TFS; THIOBARBITURIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID;

DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 84880430820     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2013.06.024     Document Type: Article

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