Overexpression of a tea flavanone 3-hydroxylase gene confers tolerance to salt stress and Alternaria solani in transgenic tobacco

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 551-573

  Mahajan, Monika ^a   Yadav, Sudesh Kumar ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Flavan 3 ols; Pectin methyl esterification; Salt stress; Tea flavanone 3 hydroxylase; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA SOLANI; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; FUNGI; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

FLAVANONE 3 DIOXYGENASE; FLAVANONE 3-DIOXYGENASE; MALONALDEHYDE; MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE; PECTIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; SALT TOLERANCE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALTERNARIA; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; PECTINS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SALT-TOLERANCE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TOBACCO;

EID: 84904550435     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-014-0203-z     Document Type: Article

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