Transgenic tobacco plants overexpressing a grass PpEXP1 gene exhibit enhanced tolerance to heat stress

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Xu, Qian ^a   Xu, Xiao ^a   Shi, Yang ^a   Xu, Jichen ^a   Huang, Bingru ^b  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PATULIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROSTIS STOLONIFERA; ARTICLE; BRACHYPODIUM; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; CLONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FESTUCA PRATENSIS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GERMINATION; GRASS; HEAT STRESS; HEAT TOLERANCE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHETIC RATE; PLANT WATER CONTENT; POA PRATENSIS; PPEXP1 GENE; RICE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GERMINATION; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POA; SEEDS; TOBACCO; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84903983958     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100792     Document Type: Article

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