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Expression of a bifunctional fusion of the Escherichia coli genes for trehalose-6-phosphate synthase and trehalose-6-phosphate phosphatase in transgenic rice plants increases trehalose accumulation and abiotic stress tolerance without stunting growth.
Plant physiology - 1 Feb 2003
Jang In-Cheol, Oh Se-Jun, Seo Ju-Seok, Choi Won-Bin, Song Sang Ik, Kim Chung Ho, Kim Youn Shic, Seo Hak-Soo, Choi Yang Do, Nahm Baek Hie, Kim Ju-Kon
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Trehalose plays an important role in stress tolerance in plants. Trehalose-producing, transgenic rice (Oryza sativa) plants were generated by the introduction of a gene encoding a bifunctional fusion (TPSP) of the trehalose-6-phosphate (T-6-P) synthase (TPS) and T-6-P phosphatase (TPP) of Escherichia coli, under the control of the maize (Zea mays) ubiquitin promoter (Ubi1). The high catalytic efficiency (Seo et...
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