Expression of nhaAv gene encoding Na+/H+ antiporter from Vibrio alginolyticus in a freshwater cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7942 confers lithium tolerance, but not sodium tolerance

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 557-564

  Kaku, Nobuo ^a   Hibino, Takashi ^a   Tanaka, Yoshito ^a   Takabe, Tetsuko ^b   Nakamura, Tatsunosuke ^c   Takabe, Teruhiro ^a  

^a MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyanobacterium; Na+ H+ antiporter; Photosynthesis; Salt stress; Synechococcus sp. PCC 7942; Vibrio alginolyticus

Indexed keywords

CULTURE MEDIUM; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; LITHIUM; SALT TOLERANCE; SODIUM POTASSIUM ANTIPORTER; STRESS TOLERANCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SYNECHOCOCCUS; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS;

EID: 0032981456     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029577     Document Type: Article

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