Cadmium-inducible expression of the ABC-type transporter AtABCC3 increases phytochelatin-mediated cadmium tolerance in Arabidopsis

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 3815-3829

  Brunetti, Patrizia ^a   Zanella, Letizia ^a,c   De Paolis, Angelo ^b   Di Litta, Davide ^a   Cecchetti, Valentina ^a   Falasca, Giuseppina ^a   Barbieri, Maurizio ^a   Altamura, Maria Maddalena ^a   Costantino, Paolo ^a   Cardarelli, Maura ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES OF FOOD PRODUCTION   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

ABC type transporters; Arabidopsis; cadmium stress; cadmium tolerance; phytochelatins; vacuolar compartmentalization

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ABC TRANSPORTER; ABCC3 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; CADMIUM; MESSENGER RNA; PHYTOCHELATIN;

ADAPTATION; ARABIDOPSIS; CELL VACUOLE; CYTOSOL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PROTOPLAST; SEEDLING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; CADMIUM; CYTOSOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MUTATION; PHYTOCHELATINS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTOPLASTS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEEDLINGS; VACUOLES;

EID: 84936981948     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv185     Document Type: Article

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