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ArticlePlanta2008

Expression of rice heat stress transcription factor OsHsfA2e enhances tolerance to environmental stresses in transgenic Arabidopsis.

Naoki Yokotani, Takanari Ichikawa, Youichi Kondou, Minami Matsui, Hirohiko Hirochika, Masaki Iwabuchi, Kenji Oda

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Article in Planta, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 107 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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107 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 262 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Naoki YokotaniResearch Institute for Biological Sciences (RIBS), Okayama, Kaga-Gun, Okayama, Japan.
Takanari Ichikawa
Youichi Kondou
Minami Matsui
Hirohiko Hirochika
Masaki Iwabuchi
Kenji Oda
RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science · JPInstitute of Agrobiological Sciences · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plant growth and crop yields are limited by high-temperature stresses. In this study, we attempted to isolate the rice genes responsible for high-temperature stress tolerance using a transformed Arabidopsis population expressing a full-length cDNA library of rice. From approximately 20,000 lines of transgenic Arabidopsis, we isolated a thermotolerant line, R04333, that could survive transient heat stress at the cotyledon stage. The rice cDNA inserted in R04333 encodes OsHsfA2e, a member of the heat stress transcription factors. The thermotolerant phenotype was observed in newly constructed transgenic Arabidopsis plants expressing OsHsfA2e. Among 5 A2-type HSF genes encoded in the rice genome, four genes, including OsHsfA2e, are induced by high temperatures in rice seedlings. The OsHsfA2e protein was localized to the nuclear region and exhibited transcription activation activity in the C-terminal region. Microarray analysis demonstrated that under unstressed conditions transgenic Arabidopsis overexpressing OsHsfA2e highly expressed certain stress-associated genes, including several classes of heat-shock proteins. The thermotolerant phenotype was observed not only in the cotyledons but also in rosette leaves, inflorescence stems and seeds. In addition, transgenic Arabidopsis exhibited tolerance to high-salinity stress. These observations suggest that the OsHsfA2e may be useful in molecular breeding designed to improve the environmental stress tolerance of crops.

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Adaptation, PhysiologicalAmino Acid SequenceArabidopsisCell NucleusDNA-Binding ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, PlantHeat-Shock ProteinsHeat Shock Transcription FactorsMolecular Sequence DataOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisOryzaPlant ProteinsPlants, Genetically ModifiedReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionSequence Homology, Amino AcidTemperatureDNA-Binding ProteinsHeat-Shock ProteinsHeat Shock Transcription FactorsPlant ProteinsTranscription Factors

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PMID18064488
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