Article
Expression of OsMYB55 in maize activates stress-responsive genes and enhances heat and drought tolerance.
BMC genomics - 29 Apr 2016
Casaretto José A, El-Kereamy Ashraf, Zeng Bin, Stiegelmeyer Suzy M, Chen Xi, Bi Yong-Mei, Rothstein Steven J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Plant response mechanisms to heat and drought stresses have been considered in strategies for generating stress tolerant genotypes, but with limited success. Here, we analyzed the transcriptome and improved tolerance to heat stress and drought of maize plants over-expressing the OsMYB55 gene. RESULTS: Over-expression of OsMYB55 in maize decreased the negative effects of high temperature and drought...
Topics
- Droughts
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Genes, myb
- High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
- Hot Temperature
- Oryza
- Phenotype
- Plant Proteins
- Plants, Genetically Modified
- Sequence Analysis, RNA