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Title: GENES FOR METAL AND OXIDATIVE STRESS TOLERANCE, TOOLS FOR PHYTOREMEDIATION

Author
item Ow, David
item PENG, LIANGCAI - ARS-UCB PLNT GENE EXP CTR
item SONG, WEN - ARS-UCB PLNT GENE EXP CTR
item BLANVILLIAN, ROBERT - ARS-UCB PLNT GENE EXP CTR
item TSOU, P-L - ARS-UCB PLNT GENE EXP CTR
item BARNABY, NEEL - ARS-UCB PLNT GENE EXP CTR

Submitted to: 226th American Chemical Society National Meeting
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 9/7/2003
Publication Date: 9/7/2003
Citation: OW, D.W., PENG, L., SONG, W., BLANVILLIAN, R., TSOU, P., BARNABY, N. GENES FOR METAL AND OXIDATIVE STRESS TOLERANCE, TOOLS FOR PHYTOREMEDIATION. 226TH AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY NATIONAL MEETING. SEPT 7-11 2003.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Plants used for the remediation of contaminated soils must cope with a mixture of different organic and inorganic toxins, most of which can cause cellular toxicity through the generation of reactive oxygen species. To enhance the ability of plants to tolerate oxidative stress, we sought the identification of genes that can enhance metal and oxidative stress tolerance in the fission yeast. Many of these genes encode proteins of unknown function. Some are localized to the nucleus, and among these, a few are transported from the cytoplasm to the nucleus during oxidative stress. The characterization of transgenic fission yeast, Arabidopsis and/or tobacco plants expressing these genes will be presented.