Metallothioneins BcMT1 and BcMT2 from Brassica campestris enhance tolerance to cadmium and copper and decrease production of reactive oxygen species in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant and Soil

Volumn 367, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 507-519

  Lv, Yanyan ^a   Deng, Xiaopeng ^b   Quan, Lingtong ^a   Xia, Yan ^a   Shen, Zhenguo ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sci and China Tobacco Breeding Research Center at Yunnan   (China)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Brassica campestris ssp. chinensis Makino; Ectopic expression; Heavy metals; Metallothioneins; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; DAMAGE; DICOTYLEDON; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; METALLOTHIONEIN; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICA; BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. CHINENSIS; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA;

EID: 84878572568     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-012-1486-y     Document Type: Article

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