Identification and characterization of orthologs of AtNHX5 and AtNHX6 in Brassica napus.

ABSTRACT: Improving crop species by breeding for salt tolerance or introducing salt tolerant traits is one method of increasing crop yields in saline affected areas. Extensive studies of the model plant species Arabidopsis thaliana has led to the availability of substantial information regarding the function and importance of many genes involved in salt tolerance. However, the identification and characterization of A. thaliana orthologs in species such as Brassica napus (oilseed rape) can prove difficult due to the significant genomic changes that have occurred since their divergence approximately 20 million years ago (MYA). The recently released Brassica rapa genome provides an excellent resource for comparative studies of A. thaliana and the cultivated Brassica species, and facilitates the identif

SUBMITTER: Ford BA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3438465 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature