Enhanced tolerance to salt stress in transgenic rice that overexpresses chloroplast glutamine synthetase

• Published in: Plant molecular biology Vol. 43; no. 1; pp. 103 - 111
• Main Authors: Hoshida, H, Tanaka, Y, Hibino, T, Hayashi, Y, Tanaka, A, Takabe, T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Springer Nature B.V 01.05.2000
• Subjects: Adaptation, Physiological - drug effects; Adaptation, Physiological - genetics; Carbon Dioxide - metabolism; Carbon Dioxide - pharmacology; Chloroplasts - enzymology; Cold Temperature; Crop science; Electron Transport - drug effects; Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; Glutamate-Ammonia Ligase - genetics; Glutamate-Ammonia Ligase - metabolism; glutamine synthase; Isoniazid - pharmacology; Oryza - drug effects; Oryza - genetics; Oryza - physiology; Oryza sativa; Photosynthesis - drug effects; Plant Leaves - metabolism; Plants, Genetically Modified - drug effects; Plants, Genetically Modified - genetics; Plants, Genetically Modified - physiology; Quaternary Ammonium Compounds - analysis; Rice; salt stress; Salt tolerance; Sodium - analysis; Sodium chloride; Sodium Chloride - pharmacology; Transgenic plants

The potential role of photorespiration in the protection against salt stress was examined with transgenic rice plants. Oryza sativa L. cv. Kinuhikari was transformed with a chloroplastic glutamine synthetase (GS2) gene from rice. Each transgenic rice plant line showed a different accumulation level...