Overexpression of a NF-YC transcription factor from bermudagrass confers tolerance to drought and salinity in transgenic rice

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 482-491

  Chen, Miao ^a   Zhao, Yujuan ^a   Zhuo, Chunliu ^a   Lu, Shaoyun ^a   Guo, Zhenfei ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Abscisic acid; Bermudagrass; Nuclear factor Y; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

CYNODON (ANGIOSPERM); CYNODON TRANSVAALENSIS;

MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADAPTATION; DROUGHT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; ORYZA; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; POACEAE; SALINITY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, PLANT; ORYZA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POACEAE; RNA, MESSENGER; SALINITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84928204205     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12270     Document Type: Article

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