Accumulation of eicosapolyenoic acids enhances sensitivity to abscisic acid and mitigates the effects of drought in transgenic arabidopsis thaliana

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1637-1649

  Yuan, Xiaowei ^a,b   Li, Yaxiao ^a,c   Liu, Shiyang ^a   Xia, Fei ^a   Li, Xinzheng ^a   Qi, Baoxiu ^a,c  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Huasheng Agriculture Limited Liability Company   (China)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ABA; Abscisic acid; Arabidopsis; Drought resistance; Eicosapolyenoic acids; IgASE1

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; MANNITOL; PHYTOHORMONE; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ABA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; DROUGHT; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; EICOSAPOLYENOIC ACIDS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GERMINATION; HAPTOPHYTA; IGASE1; METABOLISM; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ABA; ABSCISIC ACID; ARABIDOPSIS; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; EICOSAPOLYENOIC ACIDS; IGASE1;

ABSCISIC ACID; ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOMASS; DROUGHTS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GERMINATION; HAPTOPHYTA; MANNITOL; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TRANSGENES;

EID: 84897452158     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru031     Document Type: Article

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