Heterologous expression of the wheat aquaporin gene TaTIP2;2 compromises the abiotic stress tolerance of Arabidopsis thaliana

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Xu, Chunhui ^a   Wang, Meng ^a   Zhou, Li ^a   Quan, Taiyong ^a   Xia, Guangmin ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; PROLINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABIOTIC STRESS; AQUAPORIN GENE; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; CBF3 GENE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMOSOME 7; CHROMOSOME ARM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DREB2A GENE; DROUGHT STRESS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; P5CS1 GENE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALINITY; SALT STRESS; SOS1 GENE; SOS2 GENE; SOS3 GENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WHEAT;

ABSCISIC ACID; AQUAPORINS; ARABIDOPSIS; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; PLANT PROTEINS; PROLINE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRITICUM;

EID: 84891860698     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079618     Document Type: Article

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