Transgenic tobacco plants expressing a rice cysteine synthase gene are tolerant to toxic levels of cadmium

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 158, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 655-661

  Harada, Emiko ^a   Choi, Yong Eui ^a,c   Tsuchisaka, Atsunari ^b,d   Obata, Hitoshi ^b   Sano, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadmium tolerance; Cysteine synthase; Nicotiana tabacum; Sulfur; Thiol

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYSTEINE SYNTHASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEGREGATION; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; METAL TOLERANCE; PHYTOCHELATIN; PLANT GROWTH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WILD RELATIVE;

CADMIUM; ENZYMES; GENES; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TOBACCO; TOXIC MATERIALS;

SEQUESTRATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; ORYZA SATIVA; TABACUM;

EID: 0034982645     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0176-1617-00314     Document Type: Article

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