Ectopic expression of DREB transcription factor, AtDREB1A, confers tolerance to drought in transgenic salvia miltiorrhiza

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1593-1609

  Wei, Tao ^a,b   Deng, Kejun ^b   Liu, Dongqing ^b   Gao, Yonghong ^a   Liu, Yu ^b   Yang, Meiling ^a   Zhang, Lipeng ^a   Zheng, Xuelian ^b   Wang, Chunguo ^a   Song, Wenqin ^a   Chen, Chengbin ^a   Zhang, Yong ^b  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidant defense; AtDREB1A; Bioactive compounds; Drought; Photosynthesis; Salvia miltiorrhiza

Indexed keywords

ABIETANE DERIVATIVE; ALKENE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CATALASE; DREB1A PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MALONALDEHYDE; POLYPHENOL; SALVIANOLIC ACID; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TANSHINONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; WATER;

ARABIDOPSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DROUGHT; ECTOPIC EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALKENES; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CATALASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DITERPENES, ABIETANE; DROUGHTS; ECTOPIC GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MALONDIALDEHYDE; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYPHENOLS; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 84988943364     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcw084     Document Type: Article

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