Overexpression of Arabidopsis HsfA1a enhances diverse stress tolerance by promoting stress-induced Hsp expression

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1233-1243

  Qian, J ^a   Chen, J ^a   Liu, Y F ^a,b   Yang, L L ^a   Li, W P ^a   Zhang, L M ^a  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL PLANTS   (China)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Heat shock factor; Heat shock protein; Stress tolerance; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MESSENGER RNA; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEAT STRESS TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEAT STRESS; HSFA1A GENE; HSP18.2 GENE; HSP70 GENE; IN VIVO STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH MEASUREMENT; PLANT GENE; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UPREGULATION; ARABIDOPSIS; GENETICS; HEAT; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; METABOLISM; PH; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84897549387     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4238/2014.February.27.8     Document Type: Article

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