Expression of the Arabidopsis AtMYB44 gene confers drought/salt-stress tolerance in transgenic soybean

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 601-608

  Seo, Jun Sung ^a   Sohn, Hwang Bae ^a   Noh, Kaeyoung ^a   Jung, Choonkyun ^a   An, Ju Hee ^b   Donovan, Christopher M ^c   Somers, David A ^c,f   Kim, Dae In ^d   Jeong, Soon Chun ^d   Kim, Chang Gi ^d   Kim, Hwan Mook ^d   Lee, Suk Ha ^e   Choi, Yang Do ^a   Moon, Tae Wha ^a   Kim, Chung Ho ^b   Cheong, Jong Joo ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seowon University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^e Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^f MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; AtMYB44; Drought; Salt stress; Soybean; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED; TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ABSCISIC ACID; ACID SIGNALLING; ARABIDOPSIS; ATMYB44; MYB TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; SALT STRESS TOLERANCE; SALT STRESSS; SOYBEAN; STOMATAL CLOSURES; TRANSGENIC SOYBEAN;

DROUGHT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 85027918213     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11032-011-9576-8     Document Type: Article

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