Three Brassica rapa metallothionein genes are differentially regulated under various stress conditions

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2059-2067

  Ahn, Young Ock ^a   Kim, Sun Ha ^a   Lee, Jeongyeo ^a,b   Ran Kim, Hye ^a,b   Lee, Haeng Soon ^a   Kwak, Sang Soo ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^b Plant Systems Engineering Research Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brassica rapa; Heavy metals; Metallothioneins; Phytoremediation; Promoter; ROS

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; COPPER; CYSTEINE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; JASMONIC ACID METHYL ESTER; MACROGOL; MANGANESE; METALLOTHIONEIN I; METALLOTHIONEIN II; METALLOTHIONEIN III; SALICYLIC ACID; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BRASSICA RAPA; BRMT1 GENE; BRMT2 GENE; BRMT3 GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENE; PLANT STRESS; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ABSCISIC ACID; ACETATES; BRASSICA RAPA; CYCLOPENTANES; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALS, HEAVY; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; OXYLIPINS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALICYLIC ACID; SEEDLING;

BRASSICA RAPA;

EID: 84863852419     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-011-0953-5     Document Type: Article

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