LchERF, a novel ethylene-responsive transcription factor from Lycium chinense, confers salt tolerance in transgenic tobacco

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2033-2045

  Wu, Dianyun ^a   Ji, Jing ^a   Wang, Gang ^a   Guan, Chunfeng ^a   Jin, Chao ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ethylene responsive factor; Lycium chinense; Osmotic pressure; ROS; Salt tolerance

Indexed keywords

LYCIUM CHINENSE; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LYCIUM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; SALT TOLERANCE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; ETHYLENES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; LYCIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SALT-TOLERANCE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84911393780     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-014-1678-4     Document Type: Article

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