Functional characterization and expression profiling of a DREB2-type gene from lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.)

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 97-109

  Kudo, Keita ^a   Oi, Takeru ^a   Uno, Yuichi ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CBF; Dehydration; Environmental stress; Leafy vegetable; Salinity; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; DEHYDRATION; FITS AND TOLERANCES; PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION;

DEHYDRATION-RESPONSIVE ELEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION; HIGH SALINITY STRESS; LEAFY VEGETABLES; QUANTITATIVE REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALINITY; SOUTHERN BLOT ANALYSIS;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84890862614     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-013-0386-z     Document Type: Article

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