Related to ABA-Insensitive3(ABI3)/Viviparous1 and AtABI5 transcription factor coexpression in cotton enhances drought stress adaptation

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 578-589

  Mittal, Amandeep ^a   Gampala, Srinivas S L ^a,c   Ritchie, Glen L ^a   Payton, Paxton ^b   Burke, John J ^b   Rock, Christopher D ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought stress resistance; Maize protoplasts; RAV; Reactive oxygen species; Root biomass; Transgenic cotton

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; ZEA MAYS;

ABI5 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ABSCISIC ACID; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BASIC LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BINDING; RAV1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; RAV2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; WATER;

ADAPTATION; BIOMASS; CROSS BREEDING; DROUGHT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GOSSYPIUM; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MAIZE; MESOPHYLL CELL; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; PROTOPLAST; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ABSCISIC ACID; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASIC-LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BIOMASS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GOSSYPIUM; MESOPHYLL CELLS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTOPLASTS; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES; WATER; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84901620883     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12162     Document Type: Article

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