Arabidopsis metallothioneins 2a and 3 enhance resistance to cadmium when expressed in Vicia faba guard cells.

LJY Lee JoohYun, SDH Shim DongHwan… - 2004 - cabidigitallibrary.org
Abstract The Arabidopsis metallothionein genes AtMT1 and AtMT2 confer Cd (II) resistance
to Cd (II)-sensitive yeast, but it has not been directly shown whether they or other …

Arabidopsis metallothioneins 2a and 3 enhance resistance to cadmium when expressed in Vicia faba guard cells

J Lee, S Donghwan, S Won-yong, H Inhwan… - Plant Molecular …, 2004 - Springer
Abstract The Arabidopsis metallothionein genes AtMT1 and AtMT2 confer Cd (II) resistance
to Cd (II)-sensitive yeast, but it has not been directly shown whether they or other …

Structure and function of metallothionein genes in Arabidopsis

J Zhou - 1994 - search.proquest.com
Metallothioneins (MTs) are cysteine-rich proteins required for heavy metal tolerance in
animals and fungi. Five metallothionein genes, MT1a, MT1b, MT1c, MT2a, and MT2b, were …

Expression of BjMT2, a metallothionein 2 from Brassica juncea, increases copper and cadmium tolerance in Escherichia coli and Arabidopsis thaliana, but inhibits root …

A Zhigang, L Cuijie, Z Yuangang, D Yejie… - Journal of …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
The protective function of a plant type-2 metallothionein was analysed after expression in
Escherichia coli and in Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings. BjMT2 from Brassica juncea was …

Chloroplast-targeted BrMT1 (Brassica rapa type-1 metallothionein) enhances resistance to cadmium and ros in transgenicatabidopsis plants

SH Kim, HS Lee, WY Song, KS Choi, Y Hur - Journal of Plant Biology, 2007 - Springer
Metallothioneins (MTs) are low-molecular-weight, cysteine-rich proteins that bind to heavy
metals. Type-1 MTs function under various abiotic stresses, including exposure to the …

The plant MT1 metallothioneins are stabilized by binding cadmiums and are required for cadmium tolerance and accumulation

AM Zimeri, OP Dhankher, B McCaig… - Plant molecular biology, 2005 - Springer
The small Arabidopsis genome contains nine metallothionein-like (MT) sequences with
classic, cysteine-rich domains separated by spacer sequences, quite unlike the small …

Structure, organization and expression of the metallothionein gene family inArabidopsis

J Zhou, PB Goldsbrough - Molecular and General Genetics MGG, 1995 - Springer
Metallothioneins (MTs) are cysteine-rich proteins required for heavy metal tolerance in
animals and fungi. Recent results indicate that plants also possess functional …

Structure, organization and expression of the metallothionein gene family in Arabidopsis.

ZJM Zhou JianMin, PB Goldsbrough - 1995 - cabidigitallibrary.org
Metallothioneins (MTs) are cysteine-rich proteins required for heavy metal tolerance in
animals and fungi. Recent results indicated that plants also possess functional …

Functional characterization of metallothionein gene family in Arabidopsis

WJ Guo - 2005 - search.proquest.com
Abstract In Arabidopsis thaliana, metallothioneins (MTs) are encoded by a seven member
gene family. To examine the tissue-specific expression of MT genes, GUS reporter gene …

Combined expression of the Arabidopsis metallothionein MT2b and the heavy metal transporting ATPase HMA4 enhances cadmium tolerance and the root to shoot …

VMJ Grispen, HWJ Hakvoort, T Bliek… - Environmental and …, 2011 - Elsevier
We expressed the AtMt2b and AtHMA4 genes under the 35S cauliflower mosaic virus
promoter simultaneously in Nicotiana tabacum (SR1), using leaf disc transformation. A …