Co-expression of NCED and ALO improves vitamin C level and tolerance to drought and chilling in transgenic tobacco and stylo plants

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 206-214

  Bao, Gegen ^a   Zhuo, Chunliu ^a   Qian, Chunmei ^a   Xiao, Ting ^a   Guo, Zhenfei ^a,b   Lu, Shaoyun ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Antioxidant; Forage legume

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; CHROMOSOMAL MAPPING; COLD; DROUGHT; FABACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ABSCISIC ACID; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COLD TEMPERATURE; DROUGHTS; FABACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TOBACCO;

EID: 84955215863     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12374     Document Type: Article

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