Stable expression of mtlD gene imparts multiple stress tolerance in finger millet

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Hema, Ramanna ^a   Vemanna, Ramu S ^a   Sreeramulu, Shivakumar ^a,c   Reddy, Chandrasekhara P ^a   Senthil Kumar, Muthappa ^a,b   Udayakumar, Makarla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENOME RESEARCH   (India)

^c Metahelix Life Sciences Private Limited   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANNITOL; ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MANNITOL-1-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROUGHT STRESS; FINGER MILLET; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC STABILITY; MTLD GENE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT GENE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT OSMOTIC ADJUSTMENT; SALT STRESS; SEEDLING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRESS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PANICUM; PHYSIOLOGY; SALT TOLERANCE; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; MANNITOL; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PANICUM; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SALT-TOLERANCE; SUGAR ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASES; TRANSGENES;

EID: 84903385975     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099110     Document Type: Article

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