Heterologous expression of the AtDREB1A gene in transgenic peanut-conferred tolerance to drought and salinity stresses

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Sarkar, Tanmoy ^a   Thankappan, Radhakrishnan ^a   Kumar, Abhay ^a   Mishra, Gyan P ^a   Dobaria, Jentilal Ramjibhai ^a  

^a ICAR DIRECTORATE OF GROUNDNUT RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; DEHYDRATION RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; PROLINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; DREB1A PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ARTICLE; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DREB1A GENE; DROUGHT STRESS; DROUGHT TOLERANCE; ELECTROLYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC POTENTIAL; PEANUT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALT STRESS; SALT TOLERANCE; SEEDLING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; UPREGULATION; WATER CONTENT; WILD TYPE; WILTING; ADAPTATION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARACHIS; DROUGHT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SALINITY;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; ARACHIS; DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SALINITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 84919904308     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110507     Document Type: Article

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