Ectopic expression of Arabidopsis RCI2A gene contributes to cold tolerance in tomato

Transgenic Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 237-251

  Sivankalyani, Velu ^a,b   Geetha, Mahalingam ^a   Subramanyam, Kondeti ^c   Girija, Shanmugam ^a  

^a BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^c BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Cold inducible genes; Cold stress; Photosystem II; RCI2A

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RCI2A PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; COLD; ECTOPIC EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; COLD TEMPERATURE; ECTOPIC GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84941742063     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-014-9840-x     Document Type: Article

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