Heterologous expression of a Nelumbo nucifera phytochelatin synthase gene enhances cadmium tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 722-734

  Liu, Zhaolei ^a   Gu, Chunsun ^a   Chen, Fadi ^a   Yang, Dongyin ^a   Wu, Kunwei ^a   Chen, Sumei ^a   Jiang, Jiafu ^a   Zhang, Zhen ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Cadmium stress; Nelumbo nucifera; Phytochelatin synthase; Phytoremediation

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; CADMIUM STRESS; NELUMBO NUCIFERA; PHYTOCHELATIN SYNTHASE; PHYTOREMEDIATION;

BIOREMEDIATION; CADMIUM; DETOXIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAVY METALS; WATER POLLUTION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CADMIUM; NELUMBO NUCIFERA PHYTOCHELATIN SYNTHASE 1; PHYTOCHELATIN SYNTHASE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NELUMBO NUCIFERA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOACYLTRANSFERASES; ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NELUMBO; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOCHELATINS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; NELUMBO NUCIFERA;

EID: 84858705769     PISSN: 02732289     EISSN: 15590291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12010-011-9461-2     Document Type: Article

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