A cold responsive galactinol synthase gene from Medicago falcata (MfGolS1) is induced by myo-inositol and confers multiple tolerances to abiotic stresses

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 67-78

  Zhuo, Chunliu ^a   Wang, Ting ^a   Lu, Shaoyun ^a   Zhao, Yaqing ^a   Li, Xiaoguang ^a   Guo, Zhenfei ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEDICAGO SATIVA SUBSP. FALCATA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

6 BETA GALACTINOL; 6 BETA-GALACTINOL; ABSCISIC ACID; DISACCHARIDE; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; INOSITOL; INOSITOL 1 ALPHA GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; INOSITOL 1-ALPHA-GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; RAFFINOSE; STACHYOSE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALFALFA; ARTICLE; COLD; DRUG EFFECT; FREEZING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MEDICAGO; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SALT TOLERANCE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ABSCISIC ACID; ACCLIMATIZATION; COLD TEMPERATURE; DISACCHARIDES; FREEZING; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INOSITOL; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RAFFINOSE; SALT-TOLERANCE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TOBACCO;

EID: 84881663145     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: 13993054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ppl.12019     Document Type: Article

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