Pleiotropic phenotypes of the salt-tolerant and cytosine hypomethylated leafless inflorescence, evergreen dwarf and irregular leaf lamina mutants of Catharanthus roseus possessing Mendelian inheritance

Journal of Genetics

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 369-394

  Kumari, Renu ^a,c   Sharma, Vishakha ^a,b   Sharma, Vinay ^c   Kumar, Sushil ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENOME RESEARCH   (India)

^b SKA Institution for Research Education and Development (SKAIRED)   (India)

^c BANASTHALI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

centromeric DNA; DNA hypomethylation; drought tolerance; epigenetic regulation; gene expression changes; microRNA; plant development; ribosomal DNA; salinity tolerance; terpenoid indole alkaloids

Indexed keywords

CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS;

CYTOSINE; TRANSCRIPTOME; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CATHARANTHUS; CYTOLOGY; DNA METHYLATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HALOPHYTE; HOMOZYGOTE; INFLORESCENCE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STOMA; PLEIOTROPY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SALT TOLERANCE; SEEDLING; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CATHARANTHUS; CYTOSINE; DNA METHYLATION; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC PLEIOTROPY; HOMOZYGOTE; INFLORESCENCE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT STOMATA; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SALT-TOLERANCE; SALT-TOLERANT PLANTS; SEEDLING; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84899538594     PISSN: 00221333     EISSN: 09737731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12041-013-0271-x     Document Type: Article

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