Overexpression of a maize E3 ubiquitin ligase gene enhances drought tolerance through regulating stomatal aperture and antioxidant system in transgenic tobacco

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 73, Issue , 2013, Pages 114-120

  Liu, Jianjun ^a   Xia, Zongliang ^a,b   Wang, Meiping ^a   Zhang, Xiaoquan ^a   Yang, Tiezhao ^a   Wu, Jianyu ^a,b  

^a HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Key Laboratory of Physiology   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzyme; Drought; Maize; Stomata; Ubiquitination

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ANTIOXIDANT ENZYME; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CATALASE; MALONALDEHYDE; PROLINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SDIR1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; WATER; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DROUGHT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MAIZE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT GENE; PLANT STOMA; STOMATA; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; UBIQUITINATION;

ANTIOXIDANT ENZYME; DROUGHT; MAIZE; STOMATA; UBIQUITINATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANTIOXIDANTS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CATALASE; DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MALONDIALDEHYDE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT STOMATA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROLINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TOBACCO; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES; UBIQUITINATION; WATER; ZEA MAYS; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 84884707044     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2013.09.006     Document Type: Article

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