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Tomato plants ectopically expressing Arabidopsis CBF1 show enhanced resistance to water deficit stress.
Plant physiology - 1 Oct 2002
Hsieh Tsai-Hung, Lee Jent-turn, Charng Yee-yung, Chan Ming-Tsair
Abstract excerpt
A DNA cassette containing an Arabidopsis C repeat/dehydration-responsive element binding factor 1 (CBF1) cDNA and a nos terminator, driven by a cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter, was transformed into the tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) genome. These transgenic tomato plants were more resistant to water deficit stress than the wild-type plants. The transgenic plants exhibited growth retardation by showing...
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