Overexpression of Populus euphratica xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolase gene confers enhanced cadmium tolerance by the restriction of root cadmium uptake in transgenic tobacco

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 100, Issue , 2014, Pages 74-83

  Han, Yansha ^a   Sa, Gang ^a   Sun, Jian ^a,b   Shen, Zedan ^a   Zhao, Rui ^a   Ding, Mingquan ^a,c   Deng, Shurong ^a   Lu, Yanjun ^a   Zhang, Yuhong ^a   Shen, Xin ^a   Chen, Shaoliang ^a  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGSU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Non invasive micro test technique; Populus euphratica; XTH; Xyloglucan content; Xyloglucan degradation activity

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RESPONSE; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; ROOT SYSTEM; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EID: 84893356501     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2013.12.021     Document Type: Article

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