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PLANT SCIENCE
Volume 169, Issue 4, Pages 647-656Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2005.04.013
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plasma membrane aquaporin; transgenic tobacco plants; sense and antisense expression; drought resistance
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A full-length cDNA fragment encoding plasma membrane aquaporin BnPIP1 from Brassica napus was introduced into tobacco (Nicotiana tabactan) in sense and antisense orientation. Transgenic plants with increased or reduced aquaporin levels were identified and used for physiological analysis. Overexpression of BnPIP1 in transgenic tobacco plants resulted in an increased tolerance to water stress at the whole plant level. Leaf protoplasts from sense lines burst quickly in hypotonic solution and the sense seeds germinated earlier than untransformed control in soil containing 20% PEG. On the other hand, transgenic tobacco plants expressing antisense BnPIPl showed morphological deformation, developmental delay and decreased tolerance to water stress. The antisense leaf protoplasts remained intact and stable for a longer period of time in hypotonic solution. The germination of seeds from antisense lines was seriously inhibited in soil containing 20% PEG. It was also found that the seeds priming with either 20% PEG or 40 mu M ABA could be stimulated for germination under osmotic stress in both sense and antisense lines. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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