Disruption of AtWNK8 enhances tolerance of Arabidopsis to salt and osmotic stresses via modulating proline content and activities of catalase and peroxidase

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 7032-7047

  Zhang, Baige ^a,b   Liu, Kaidong ^a,c   Zheng, Yan ^a   Wang, Yingxiang ^a,d   Wang, Jinxiang ^a   Liao, Hong ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (China)

^c LINGNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; AtWNK8; Catalase; Osmotic stress; Peroxidase; Proline; Salt stress

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; PEROXIDASE; PLANT DNA; PROLINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SORBITOL; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CHLOROPHYLL; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; WATER; WNK8 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PISTIL; PLANT GENE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; SALT STRESS; SALT TOLERANCE; STAMEN; WILD TYPE; WNK8 GENE; ADAPTATION; BIOLOGY; BIOMASS; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOMASS; CATALASE; CHLOROPHYLL; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PEROXIDASE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROLINE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SORBITOL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WATER;

EID: 84875476014     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms14047032     Document Type: Article

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