Overexpression of EsMcsu1 from the halophytic plant Eutrema salsugineum promotes abscisic acid biosynthesis and increases drought resistance in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 17204-17218

  Zhou, C ^a,b   Ma, Z Y ^a   Zhu, L ^b   Guo, J S ^b   Zhu, J ^b   Wang, J F ^a  

^a ANHUI SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Drought tolerance; Medicago sativa L; Molybdenum cofactor sulfurase

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; MALONALDEHYDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; ANTIOXIDANT; PHYTOHORMONE; PLANT PROTEIN;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ALFALFA; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; DROUGHT STRESS; DROUGHT TOLERANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUTREMA; EUTREMA SALSUGINEUM; GENE EXPRESSION; MCSU1 GENE; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; UPREGULATION; ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BRASSICACEAE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; DROUGHT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OSMOLARITY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ABSCISIC ACID; ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIOXIDANTS; BRASSICACEAE; DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84951808798     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4238/2015.December.16.20     Document Type: Article

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