Overexpression of horsegram (Macrotyloma uniflorum Lam.Verdc.) NAC transcriptional factor (MuNAC4) in groundnut confers enhanced drought tolerance

Molecular Biotechnology

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 758-769

  Pandurangaiah, Merum ^a   Lokanadha Rao, G ^b   Sudhakarbabu, O ^a   Nareshkumar, A ^a   Kiranmai, K ^a   Lokesh, U ^a   Thapa, Ganesh ^b   Sudhakar, Chinta ^a  

^a SRI KRISHNADEVARAYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Drought stress; Groundnut; Horsegram; MuNAC4; Stress tolerance

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; DROUGHT; GENES; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

DROUGHT STRESS; GROUNDNUT; HORSEGRAM; MUNAC4; STRESS TOLERANCE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ASCORBATE PEROXIDASE; CARBOHYDRATE; CHLOROPHYLL; GUAIACOL PEROXIDASE; MALONALDEHYDE; PEROXIDASE; PROLINE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ANTIOXIDANT; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; DROUGHT STRESS; DROUGHT TOLERANCE; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MACROTYLOMA UNIFLORUM; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NAC4 GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEANUT; PHYLOGENY; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; PLANT GENE; PLANT OSMOTIC ADJUSTMENT; PLANT STRESS; ROOT DEVELOPMENT; ROOT GROWTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHOOT GROWTH; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSGENICS; WATER CONTENT; WATER STRESS; WILD TYPE; ACCLIMATIZATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DROUGHT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; UPREGULATION;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; MACROTYLOMA UNIFLORUM;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANTIOXIDANTS; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHLOROPHYLL; DROUGHTS; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MALONDIALDEHYDE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROLINE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84904857242     PISSN: 10736085     EISSN: 15590305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12033-014-9754-0     Document Type: Article

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