Overexpression of a Lotus corniculatus AP2/ERF transcription factor gene, LcERF080, enhances tolerance to salt stress in transgenic Arabidopsis

Plant Biotechnology Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 315-324

  Sun, Zhan Min ^a,b   Zhou, Mei Liang ^a   Xiao, Xing Guo ^b   Tang, Yi Xiong ^a   Wu, Yan Min ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AP2 ERF; L. corniculatus cv. Leo; Overexpression; Salt stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905036711     PISSN: 18635466     EISSN: 18635474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11816-014-0323-6     Document Type: Article

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