Overexpression of ubiquitin-like LpHUB1 gene confers drought tolerance in perennial ryegrass

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 689-699

  Patel, Minesh ^a   Milla Lewis, Susana ^a   Zhang, Wanjun ^a,d   Templeton, Kerry ^b   Reynolds, William C ^a,e   Richardson, Kim ^c   Biswas, Margaret ^b   Zuleta, Maria C ^a   Dewey, Ralph E ^a   Qu, Rongda ^a   Sathish, Puthigae ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Vialactia Biosciences Ltd   (New Zealand)

^c AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^d CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lolium perenne; Drought tolerance; HUB1; Small ORF; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

LOLIUM PERENNE;

CHLOROPHYLL; PLANT PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN; WATER;

DNA SEQUENCE; DROUGHT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LOLIUM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHLOROPHYLL; DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LOLIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; UBIQUITIN; WATER;

EID: 84929520080     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12291     Document Type: Article

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