The SbMT-2Gene from a halophyte confers abiotic stress tolerance and modulates ROS scavenging in transgenic tobacco

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Chaturvedi, Amit Kumar ^a   Patel, Manish Kumar ^a   Mishra, Avinash ^a   Tiwari, Vivekanand ^a   Jha, Bhavanath ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL SALT AND MARINE CHEMICALS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBATE PEROXIDASE; CADMIUM; CHLOROPHYLL; COPPER ION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXYGEN; PEROXIDASE; PROLINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; ZINC ION; HEAVY METAL; ION; METALLOTHIONEIN; MT-2 PROTEIN, SALICORNIA BRACHIATA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; WATER;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; APX GENE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; DRY WEIGHT; ELECTROLYTIC LEAKAGE; FRESH WEIGHT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GERMINATION; HALOPHYTE; HOMEOSTASIS; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MEMBRANE STABILITY INDEX; NONHUMAN; NTHMA A GENE; NTZIP1 GENE; OSMOTIC STRESS; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT GENE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT PARAMETERS; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; PLANT STRESS; PLANT STRUCTURES; PLANT WATER CONTENT; POD GENE; ROOT LENGTH; SALT STRESS; SBMT 2 GENE; SHOOT LENGTH; SOD GENE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; UPREGULATION; VALIDATION STUDY; WATER CONTENT; AMARANTHACEAE; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; OSMOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENE;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

CHENOPODIACEAE; CHLOROPHYLL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GERMINATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IONS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALS, HEAVY; OSMOSIS; OXYGEN; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SALT-TOLERANT PLANTS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENES; WATER;

EID: 84908583792     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111379     Document Type: Article

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