MAIZE STRESS RELATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 18 AND USES THEREOF

摘要

A truncated stress-responsive transcription factor can be overexpressed without causing unfavorable pleiotropic effects. The truncation may result in deletion of a nuclear localization signal. The truncation may result in deletion of one or more regulatory motifs. The truncated transcription factor may be expressed under the control of a constitutive or tissue-preferred promoter. The transcription factor may be from maize.

主权项

1. A method of improving abiotic stress tolerance of a plant, the method comprising transforming said plant with a construct comprising a promoter operably linked to a polynucleotide encoding a truncated DREB transcription factor.