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VDAC2 involvement in the stress response pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana

Z. Liu, Luo, Q. H., Wen, G. Q., Wang, J. M., Li, X. F., and Yang, Y., VDAC2 involvement in the stress response pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana, vol. 14, pp. 15511-15519, 2015.

The voltage-dependent anion channel (VDAC) is the major transport protein in the outer membrane of mitochondria, and is involved in the formation of a permeable transition pore and metabolite transport. In this study, we explored the role of Arabidopsis thaliana VDAC2 (AtVDAC2) in the signal transduction pathway in Arabidopsis under salt stress. We investigated the germination rates of AtVDAC2 transgenic lines under salicylic acid (SA) treatment, and found that AtVDAC2 can affect the sensitivity of Arabidopsis to SA.

Functional characterization and analysis of the Arabidopsis UGT71C5 promoter region

Z. Liu, Luo, Q. H., Wang, J. M., Li, X. F., and Yang, Y., Functional characterization and analysis of the Arabidopsis UGT71C5 promoter region, vol. 14, pp. 19173-19183, 2015.

In the present study, we isolated an Arabidopsis promoter, UGT71C5, and analyzed its role in the regulation of the light response mechanism. We constructed a fusion vector pBI121-pU-GUS by integrating the UGT71C5 promoter upstream of the GUS reporter gene in pBI121, and then transferred this vector into Arabidopsis plants. The GUS activity of the transgenic plants was detected using a spectrophotometer under normal growth conditions as well as under light, drought, and ABA stress-treatments.

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