Generation of boron-deficiency-tolerant tomato by overexpressing an Arabidopsis thaliana borate transporter AtBOR1

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue APR, 2014, Pages

  Uraguchi, Shimpei ^a,b,d   Kato, Yuichi ^a,b   Hanaoka, Hideki ^a   Miwa, Kyoko ^a,c   Fujiwara, Toru ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

AtBOR1; Boron deficiency; Nutrient; Tomato; Transgenic; Transporter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901016540     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00125     Document Type: Article

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