Spermidine levels are implicated in heavy metal tolerance in a spermidine synthase overexpressing transgenic European pear by exerting antioxidant activities

Transgenic Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-103

  Wen, Xiao Peng ^a,b   Ban, Yusuke ^c   Inoue, Hiromichi ^a   Matsuda, Narumi ^d   Moriguchi, Takaya ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRUIT TREE SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d Yamagata General Agricultural Research Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antioxidant system; European pear; Heavy metal; Polyamine; Pyrus communis; Rosaceae; Spermidine; Stress tolerance; Transgenic plant

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HEAVY METAL; MALONALDEHYDE; POLYAMINE; SPERMIDINE; SPERMIDINE SYNTHASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ARTICLE; DRUG TOLERANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PEAR; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANTIOXIDANTS; DRUG TOLERANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; METALS, HEAVY; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYAMINES; PYRUS; SPERMIDINE; SPERMIDINE SYNTHASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

MALUS X DOMESTICA; PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS; ROSACEAE;

EID: 73949129380     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-009-9296-6     Document Type: Article

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