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Alteration of Phascolosoma esculenta heat shock protein 90 expression under heavy metal exposure and thermal stress

C. H. Li, Su, X. R., Wang, M. Q., Li, Y. Y., Li, Y., Zhou, J., and Li, T. W., “Alteration of Phascolosoma esculenta heat shock protein 90 expression under heavy metal exposure and thermal stress”, vol. 11, pp. 2641-2651, 2012.

The full-length complementary DNA (cDNA) of heat shock protein 90 was cloned from Phascolosoma esculenta (PeHSP90) using expressed sequence tag and rapid amplification of cDNA end approaches. The cDNA of PeHSP90 was 2521 bp including a 5'-untranslated region of 110 bp, a 3'-untranslated region of 230 bp, and an open reading frame of 2181 bp. All of the characteristic motifs of the HSP90 family were completely conserved in the deduced amino acid of PeHSP90.

Preliminary analysis of expressed sequences of genes in Genipa americana L. plant roots exposed to cadmium in nutrient solution

V. L. Souza, Almeida, A. - A. F., Júnior, B. T. Hora, Júnior, B. T. Hora, Gesteira, A. S., and Cascardo, J. C. M., “Preliminary analysis of expressed sequences of genes in Genipa americana L. plant roots exposed to cadmium in nutrient solution”, vol. 7. pp. 1282-1288, 2008.

Many cell functions are redundantly executed in cells, and the experimental approaches that analyze the group of proteins, whose expression is modified in a specific functional condition, enable the identification of the group of proteins that are expressed under stress conditions. The objective of the present study was the evaluation of the genetic expression induced by cadmium (Cd) in Genipa americana L. (Rubiaceae) plants cultivated in nutritive solution, in order to help further studies concerning its use as a plant phytoremediator of such a metallic element.

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