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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 25.
Published in final edited form as: Methods Mol Biol. 2010;639:39–55. doi: 10.1007/978-1-60761-702-0_3

Table 3.1.

Abiotic stress tolerance of transgenic plants overexpressing CBFs

Gene Transgenic plant Stress tolerance of transgenic plants References
AtCBF1/2/3 Brassica napus Constitutive overexpression enhanced both basal and acquired freezing tolerance (22)
AtCBF1 Tomato Constitutive overexpression enhanced oxidative stress tolerance under chilling stress; enhanced tolerance to water-deficit stress (23, 24)
AtDREB1A/CBF3 Tobacco Transgenic plants expressing RD29A∷DREB1A exhibited enhanced chilling and drought tolerance (25)
AtDREB1A/CBF3 Wheat Transgenic plants expressing RD29A promoter∷AtDREB1A gene showed delayed water stress symptoms (26)
AtCBF3 Rice Constitutive overexpression resulted in enhanced tolerance to drought and high salinity and a marginal increase in chilling tolerance (27)
AtDREB1A/CBF3 Maize RD29A∷CBF3 transgenic plants are more tolerant to cold, drought, and salinity (28)
AtCBF1 Potato Constitutive or stress-inducible expression of CBF1 or CBF3 but not CBF2 conferred improved freezing tolerance to frost-sensitive Solanum tuberosum (29)
OsDREB1 Arabidopsis Overexpression in Arabidopsis induced target COR genes and conferred enhanced tolerance to freezing and drought stresses (30)
OsDREB1A/B Rice Constitutive expression conferred improved tolerance to cold, drought, and salinity (31)
ZmDREB1 Arabidopsis Overexpression in Arabidopsis induced COR genes and conferred tolerance to freezing and drought (32)
BnCBF5 and BnCBF 17 B. napus Overexpression led to increased constitutive freezing tolerance, increased photochemical efficiency and photosynthetic capacity (33)