Overexpression of a peanut NAC gene, AhNAC4, confers enhanced drought tolerance in tobacco

Russian Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 525-535

  Tang, G Y ^a   Shao, F X ^b   Xu, P L ^a   Shan, L ^a   Liu, Z J ^a  

^a SHANDONG PEANUT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^b SHANDONG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arachis hypogaea; drought tolerance; NAC transcription factor; transgenic tobacco

Indexed keywords

EID: 85021654420     PISSN: 10214437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1021443717040161     Document Type: Article

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