Overexpression of VaCBF4, a Transcription Factor from Vitis amurensis, Improves Cold Tolerance Accompanying Increased Resistance to Drought and Salinity in Arabidopsis

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1518-1528

  Li, Jitao ^a,b   Wang, Nian ^a   Xin, Haiping ^a   Li, Shaohua ^a,c  

^a Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; CBF transcription factor; Vitis amurensis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887951145     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: 15729818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11105-013-0627-7     Document Type: Article

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