EsDREB2B, a novel truncated DREB2-type transcription factor in the desert legume Eremosparton songoricum, enhances tolerance to multiple abiotic stresses in yeast and transgenic tobacco

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Li, Xiaoshuang ^a,b,c   Zhang, Daoyuan ^a   Li, Haiyan ^a,b   Wang, Yucheng ^a   Zhang, Yuanming ^a   Wood, Andrew J ^c  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold; DREB; Drought; Heat; Proline; Salt; Stress; Transcript accumulation; Transgenic tobacco

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FABACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ABSCISIC ACID; FABACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TOBACCO;

EID: 84893691707     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-14-44     Document Type: Article

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