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Max-Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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Seed and Plant Improvement Research Institute, P.O. Box 315854119, Karaj, I.R. Iran.
Abstract
The response to drought stress is a complicated process involving stress sensing, intracellular signal transduction, and the execution of a cellular response. Transcription factors play important roles in the signaling pathways including abiotic stress. In the present study a rice NF-YA transcription factor gene was partially characterized following dehydration. Disrupting the gene via a T-DNA insertion resulted in drought tolerant plants and a high rate of recovery after water resupply. It was demonstrated that the improved drought tolerance of the mutant is primarily due to non-stomatal mechanisms such as free radical scavenging, which might be related to changes in metabolism of carbohydrates.
Soltani Najafabadi, M. (2012). Improving rice (Oryza sativa L.) drought tolerance by suppressing a NF-YA transcription factor. Iranian Journal of Biotechnology, 10(1), 40-48.
MLA
Masood Soltani Najafabadi. "Improving rice (Oryza sativa L.) drought tolerance by suppressing a NF-YA transcription factor". Iranian Journal of Biotechnology, 10, 1, 2012, 40-48.
HARVARD
Soltani Najafabadi, M. (2012). 'Improving rice (Oryza sativa L.) drought tolerance by suppressing a NF-YA transcription factor', Iranian Journal of Biotechnology, 10(1), pp. 40-48.
VANCOUVER
Soltani Najafabadi, M. Improving rice (Oryza sativa L.) drought tolerance by suppressing a NF-YA transcription factor. Iranian Journal of Biotechnology, 2012; 10(1): 40-48.