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The Arabidopsis expansin gene (AtEXPA18) is capable to ameliorate drought stress tolerance in transgenic tobacco plants

Abbasi, Alireza ; Malekpour, Meysam ; Sobhanverdi, Sajjad

Molecular biology reports, 2021-08, Vol.48 (8), p.5913-5922 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands

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The Arabidopsis expansin gene (AtEXPA18) is capable to ameliorate drought stress tolerance in transgenic tobacco plants
Author: Abbasi, Alireza ; Malekpour, Meysam ; Sobhanverdi, Sajjad
Subjects: Abscisic acid ; Animal Anatomy ; Animal Biochemistry ; Arabidopsis - genetics ; Arabidopsis Proteins - genetics ; Arabidopsis Proteins - metabolism ; Biomedical and Life Sciences ; Cell walls ; Chlorophyll - metabolism ; Cytokinins ; Drought ; Droughts ; Gene Expression - genetics ; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant - genetics ; Genetic transformation ; Histology ; Leaf area ; Life Sciences ; Morphology ; Nicotiana - genetics ; Original Article ; pH effects ; Plant growth ; Plant Leaves - genetics ; Plant Proteins - genetics ; Plants, Genetically Modified - genetics ; Polymerase chain reaction ; Reverse transcription ; Salt Tolerance - genetics ; Stress, Physiological - genetics ; Stress, Physiological - physiology ; Tobacco ; Transgenic plants
Is Part Of: Molecular biology reports, 2021-08, Vol.48 (8), p.5913-5922
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Description: Background Expansins are cell wall proteins loosening plant cell in pH-dependent manner. This study aimed to investigate the role of AtEXPA18 in different morphological, physiological, and cellular responses of transgenic tobacco plants to moderate and severe drought stress. Methods and results Previously synthesized AtEXPA18 gene construct was successfully transferred to the tobacco plants through an agrobacterium-mediate transformation system. Upon obtaining the second generation, tobacco transgenic plants were confirmed by conventional polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique alongside reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR) using specific primers. Under drought stress, the transgenic lines showed remarkable growth and significantly improved based on morphological traits such as height and stem diameter, leaf area, leaf number, root dry weight, and Abscisic acid levels of leaves compared control plants. As a result, the Cytokinin content of transgenic plants has increased under severe stress levels. Notably, the area's expansion for abaxial epidermal cells under the microscope confirmed in transgene cells compared with the -transgene cells. Conclusion These results, altogether, could support the AtEXPA18 gene implication in cell expansion and improving tolerance capacity of transgenic crops under drought stress.
Publisher: Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands
Language: English

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The Arabidopsis expansin gene (AtEXPA18) is capable to ameliorate drought stress tolerance in transgenic tobacco plants

Abbasi, Alireza ; Malekpour, Meysam ; Sobhanverdi, Sajjad

Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands

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