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The Arabidopsis pop2-1 mutant reveals the involvement of GABA transaminase in salt stress tolerance.
BMC plant biology - 1 Feb 2010
Renault Hugues, Roussel Valérie, El Amrani Abdelhak, Arzel Matthieu, Renault David, Bouchereau Alain, Deleu Carole
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BACKGROUND: GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid) is a non protein amino acid that has been reported to accumulate in a number of plant species when subjected to high salinity and many other environmental constraints. However, no experimental data are to date available on the molecular function of GABA and the involvement of its metabolism in salt stress tolerance in higher plants. Here, we investigated the regulation...
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