Overexpression of the GmDREB6 gene enhances proline accumulation and salt tolerance in genetically modified soybean plants.

ABSTRACT: Soybean plants are sensitive to the effects of abiotic stress and belong to the group of crops that are less drought and salt tolerant. The identification of genes involved in mechanisms targeted to cope with water shortage is an essential and indispensable task for improving the drought and salt tolerance of soybean. One of the approaches for obtaining lines with increased tolerance is genetic modification. The dehydration-responsive element binding proteins (DREBs), belonging to the AP2 family, are trans-active transcription factors that bind to the cis-sequences of the promoter for activating the expression of the target genes that mediate drought and salt tolerant responses. In this study, the GmDREB6 transgene was introduced into DT84 cultivar soybean plants, using Agrobacterium-media

SUBMITTER: Nguyen QH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6928231 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature