The Arabidopsis GIBBERELLIN METHYL TRANSFERASE 1 suppresses gibberellin activity, reduces whole-plant transpiration and promotes drought tolerance in transgenic tomato

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 113-123

  Nir, Ido ^a   Moshelion, Menachem ^a   Weiss, David ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Drought stress; GAMT1; Stomata; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CELL ORGANELLE; DROUGHT STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; HERB; HORMONE; INHIBITION; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TOLERANCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSPIRATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; GAMT1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; GIBBERELLIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PHYTOHORMONE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DROUGHT; DROUGHT STRESS; ENZYMOLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GAMT1; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STOMA; SEEDLING; STOMATA; SWEATING; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

DROUGHT STRESS; GAMT1; STOMATA; TRANSPIRATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GIBBERELLINS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; METHYLTRANSFERASES; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STOMATA; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDLING; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84897090282     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pce.12135     Document Type: Article

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