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Disruption of the cellulose synthase gene, AtCesA8/IRX1, enhances drought and osmotic stress tolerance in Arabidopsis.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Jul 2005
Chen Zhizhong, Hong Xuhui, Zhang Hairong, Wang Youqun, Li Xia, Zhu Jian-Kang, Gong Zhizhong
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Two allelic Arabidopsis mutants, leaf wilting 2-1 and leaf wilting 2-2 (lew2-1 and lew2-2 ), were isolated in a screen for plants with altered drought stress responses. The mutants were more tolerant to drought stress as well as to NaCl, mannitol and other osmotic stresses. lew2 mutant plants accumulated more abscisic acid (ABA), proline and soluble sugars than the wild type. The expression of a stress-inducible...
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