Arabidopsis metallothioneins 2a and 3 enhance resistance to cadmium when expressed in Vicia faba guard cells

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 805-815

  Lee, Joohyun ^a,b   Shim, Donghwan ^a   Song, Won Yong ^a,c   Hwang, Inhwan ^a   Lee, Youngsook ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Cadmium resistance; Localization; Metallothionein; Reactive oxygen species; Vicia faba guard cells

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHLOROPHYLL; GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY); YEAST;

CD(II); METALLOTHIONEINS; PLANT CELLS; REACTIVE OXYGEN;

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CADMIUM; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; METALLOTHIONEIN; MT2A PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHLOROPLAST; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VICIA FABA;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CADMIUM; CELL SURVIVAL; CHLOROPLASTS; CYTOPLASM; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT LEAVES; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; VICIA FABA;

CADMIUM; CELLS; CHLOROPHYLLS; GENES; PLANTS; PLASTIDS; YEASTS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; VICIA; VICIA FABA;

EID: 12344310590     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-004-0190-6     Document Type: Article

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