Heterologous expression of the yeast arsenite efflux system ACR3 improves Arabidopsis thaliana tolerance to arsenic stress

New Phytologist

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 716-723

  Ali, Waqar ^a   Isner, Jean Charles ^a   Isayenkov, Stanislav V ^b   Liu, Wenju ^c   Zhao, Fang Jie ^c   Maathuis, Frans J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENOMICS   (Ukraine)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACR3; Arabidopsis; Arsenate; Arsenic; Arsenite; Efflux; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ACR3 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; ARSENIC; ARSENIC ACID; ARSENIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; ARSENOUS ACID DERIVATIVE; CARRIER PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN;

ARSENIC; CULTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HEALTH RISK; HERB; HYDROPONICS; INORGANIC SALT; POLLUTION EFFECT; PROTEIN; SEEDLING; TOLERANCE; WILD POPULATION; YEAST;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; HYDROPONICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; PROTOPLAST; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEEDLING; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARSENATES; ARSENIC; ARSENITES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; HYDROPONICS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTOPLASTS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEEDLING; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84862812303     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04092.x     Document Type: Article

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