A Rice OsAP23, Functioning as an AP2/ERF Transcription Factor, Reduces Salt Tolerance in Transgenic Arabidopsis

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1336-1345

  Zhuang, Jing ^a   Jiang, Hai Hua ^b   Wang, Feng ^a   Peng, Ri He ^b   Yao, Quan Hong ^b   Xiong, Ai Sheng ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF EDIBLE FUNGI   (China)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; AP2 ERF; Arabidopsis thaliana; Negative regulator; Oryza sativa; Salt tolerance

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; ORYZA SATIVA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84888016137     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: 15729818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11105-013-0610-3     Document Type: Article

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