Expression of SbSNAC1, a NAC transcription factor from sorghum, confers drought tolerance to transgenic Arabidopsis

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 443-455

  Lu, Min ^a,b   Zhang, Deng Feng ^a   Shi, Yun Su ^a   Song, Yan Chun ^a   Wang, Tian Yu ^a   Li, Yu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (China)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; NAC transcription factor; Stress tolerance; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC STRESS; ABIOTIC STRESS TOLERANCES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NAC TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; STRESS TOLERANCE; SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATIONS; TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

AGRONOMY; DROUGHT; PLANTS (BOTANY);

TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 84888135354     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-013-0375-2     Document Type: Article

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