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Modulation of the polyamine biosynthetic pathway in transgenic rice confers tolerance to drought stress.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 29 Jun 2004
Capell Teresa, Bassie Ludovic, Christou Paul
Abstract excerpt
We have generated transgenic rice plants expressing the Datura stramonium adc gene and investigated their response to drought stress. We monitored the steady-state mRNA levels of genes involved in polyamine biosynthesis (Datura adc, rice adc, and rice samdc) and polyamine levels. Wild-type plants responded to the onset of drought stress by increasing endogenous putrescine levels, but this was insufficient to...
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