Heterologous Expression of a Novel Zoysia japonica C₂H₂ Zinc Finger Gene, ZjZFN1, Improved Salt Tolerance in Arabidopsis.

ABSTRACT: Growing evidence indicates that some grass species are more tolerant to various abiotic and biotic stresses than many crops. Zinc finger proteins play important roles in plant abiotic and biotic stresses. Although genes coding for these proteins have been cloned and identified in various plants, their function and underlying transcriptional mechanisms in the halophyte Zoysia japonica are barely known. In the present study, ZjZFN1 was isolated from Z. japonica using RACE method. Quantitative real time PCR results revealed that the expression of ZjZFN1 was much higher in leaf than in root and stem tissues, and induced by salt, cold or ABA treatment. The subcellular localization assay demonstrated that ZjZFN1 was localized to the nucleus. Expression of the ZjZFN

SUBMITTER: Teng K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6102363 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature