A transposable element in a NAC gene is associated with drought tolerance in maize seedlings

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Mao, Hude ^a,b   Wang, Hongwei ^a,b   Liu, Shengxue ^a   Li, Zhigang ^a   Yang, Xiaohong ^c   Yan, Jianbing ^d   Li, Jiansheng ^c   Tran, Lam Son Phan ^e   Qin, Feng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; DNA; DOMESTICATION; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; GERMPLASM; MAIZE; SEEDLING; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WATER STRESS;

ALLELE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DOMESTICATION; DROUGHT STRESS; DROUGHT TOLERANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; GERMPLASM; HISTONE METHYLATION; INVERTED REPEAT; MAIZE; NAC GENE; PLANT GENE; PLANT WATER USE; PROMOTER REGION; SEEDLING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOIL WATER CONTENT; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSPOSON; WATER STRESS; DROUGHT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ZEA MAYS;

PLANT PROTEIN; TRANSPOSON; WATER;

DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DROUGHTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PLANT PROTEINS; SEEDLINGS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WATER; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84942154534     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9326     Document Type: Article

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