AtROS1 overexpression provides evidence for epigenetic regulation of genes encoding enzymes of flavonoid biosynthesis and antioxidant pathways during salt stress in transgenic tobacco

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 5959-5969

  Bharti, Poonam ^a   Mahajan, Monika ^a   Vishwakarma, Ajay K ^a   Bhardwaj, Jyoti ^a   Yadav, Sudesh Kumar ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Coding regions; Epigenetic regulation; Methylation status; Promoters; ROS1 overexpression; Salt stress; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; FLAVONOID; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; ROS1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANTIOXIDANTS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FLAVONOIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TOBACCO;

EID: 84942291974     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv304     Document Type: Article

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