Overexpression of a 9-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase gene in Nicotiana plumbaginifolia increases abscisic acid and phaseic acid levels and enhances drought tolerance

Plant Physiology

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 544-551

  Qin, Xiaoqiong ^a   Zeevaart, Jan A D ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENZYMES; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HORMONES; ORGANIC ACIDS; TOBACCO;

ENGINEER PLANTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; LOBELIA; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA PLUMBAGINIFOLIA; NICOTIANA RUSTICA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PHASEOLUS VULGARIS;

9 CIS EPOXY CAROTENOID DIOXYGENASE; 9-CIS-EPOXY-CAROTENOID DIOXYGENASE; ABSCISIC ACID; DEXAMETHASONE; OXYGENASE; PHYTOHORMONE; WATER;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; DISASTER; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GERMINATION; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ABSCISIC ACID; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; DEXAMETHASONE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GERMINATION; NATURAL DISASTERS; OXYGENASES; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDS; TOBACCO; WATER;

EID: 85047683597     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.010663     Document Type: Article

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