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A Combination of the Arabidopsis DREB1A Gene and Stress-Inducible rd29A Promoter Improved Drought- and Low-Temperature Stress Tolerance in Tobacco by Gene Transfer

Plant and Cell Physiology · 2004 · Vol. 45(3) · pp. 346–350
Mie KasugaSetsuko MiuraKazuo ShinozakiKazuko Yamaguchi‐Shinozaki

Abstract

The transcription factor DREB1A/CBF3 specifically interacts with the dehydration responsive element (DRE/CRT) and induces expression of genes involved in environmental stress tolerance in Arabidopsis: Overexpression of DREB1A improved drought- and low-temperature stress tolerance in tobacco. The stress-inducible rd29A promoter minimized the negative effects on the plant growth in tobacco. Furthermore, we detected overexpression of stress-inducible target genes of DREB1A in tobacco. These results indicate that a combination of the rd29A promoter and DREB1A is useful for improvement of various kinds of transgenic plants that are tolerant to environmental stress.

Plant Stress Responses and TolerancePlant tissue culture and regenerationPlant Genetic and Mutation StudiesArabidopsisGeneDrought stressGene transferPromoterBiologyStress (linguistics)Heat stressEnvironmental stressGenetics

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AcclimatizationCold TemperatureDisastersMolecular Sequence DataPlant ProteinsPromoter Regions, GeneticNicotianaTranscription FactorsTrans-ActivatorsSequence Analysis, DNADNA, ComplementaryGene Expression Regulation, PlantGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalArabidopsis ProteinsPlants, Genetically Modified
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