Phytochelatin synthase of Thlaspi caerulescens enhanced tolerance and accumulation of heavy metals when expressed in yeast and tobacco

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1067-1076

  Liu, Ge Yu ^a   Zhang, Yu Xiu ^b   Chai, Tuan Yao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Antioxidative enzyme; Heavy metal; Phytochelatin synthase; Thlaspi caerulescens; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

AMINOACYLTRANSFERASE; CADMIUM; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE GAMMA-GLUTAMYLCYSTEINYLTRANSFERASE; HEAVY METAL; MALONALDEHYDE; PHYTOCHELATIN; PHYTOCHELATIN SYNTHASE; PLANT RNA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ADAPTATION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; THLASPI; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINOACYLTRANSFERASES; CADMIUM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUTATHIONE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; METALS, HEAVY; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHYTOCHELATINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, PLANT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; THLASPI; TOBACCO; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

NICOTIANA TABACUM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; THLASPI; THLASPI CAERULESCENS;

EID: 79955935198     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-011-1013-2     Document Type: Article

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