Identification of rice genes associated with enhanced cold tolerance by comparative transcriptome analysis with two transgenic rice plants overexpressing DaCBF4 or DaCBF7, isolated from antarctic flowering plant deschampsia antarctica

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 9, Issue , 2018, Pages

  Byun, Mi Young ^a   Cui, Li Hua ^b   Lee, Jungeun ^a,c   Park, Hyun ^a,c   Lee, Andosung ^b   Kim, Woo Taek ^b   Lee, Hyoungseok ^a,c  

^a Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c University of Science and Technology (UST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

C repeat DRE binding factor; Cold tolerance; Deschampsia antarctica; Rice; RNA seq; Transgenic plant

Indexed keywords

EID: 85046904165     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00601     Document Type: Article

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