Transcriptome analysis of sunflower genotypes with contrasting oxidative stress tolerance reveals individual-And combined-biotic and abiotic stress tolerance mechanisms

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Ramu, Vemanna S ^b,c   Paramanantham, Anjugam ^a   Ramegowda, Venkategowda ^b,d   Mohan Raju, Basavaiah ^b   Udayakumar, Makarla ^b   Senthil Kumar, Muthappa Senthil Kumar ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENOME RESEARCH   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MENADIONE; TRANSCRIPTOME; PLANT PROTEIN;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ARTICLE; BIOTIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT STRESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEEDLING; SUNFLOWER; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA MICROARRAY; DROUGHT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING;

DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOTYPE; HELIANTHUS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84976271954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0157522     Document Type: Article

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