The Morphological Parameters and Cytosolic pH of Cells of Root Zones in Tobacco Plants ( L.): Nonlinear Effects of NaCl Concentrations.

Salinity impacts important processes in plants, reducing their yield. The effect of salinity on the cytosolic pH (pHcyt) has been little studied. In this research, we employed transgenic tobacco plants expressing the pH sensor Pt-GFP to investigate the alterations in pHcyt in cells across various root zones.

Expression of Cytochrome c3 from in Plant Leaves Enhances Uranium Uptake and Tolerance of Tobacco.

Cytochrome c3 (uranyl reductase) from can reduce uranium in bacterial cells and in cell-free systems. This gene was introduced in tobacco under control of the RbcS promoter, and the resulting transgenic plants accumulated uranium when grown on a uranyl ion containing medium. The uptaken uranium was detected by EM in chloroplasts.

High Resistance of Potato to Early Blight Is Achieved by Expression of the Gene for Hevein-Like Antimicrobial Peptides from Common Chickweed ().

In the common chickweed , two antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), SmAMP1.1a and SmAMP1.2a, have been shown to be proteolytically released as products of the expression of a single gene, .