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Arabidopsis fatty acid desaturase FAD2 is required for salt tolerance during seed germination and early seedling growth.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Zhang Jiantao, Liu Hua, Sun Jian, Li Bei, Zhu Qiang, Chen Shaoliang, Zhang Hongxia
Abstract excerpt
Fatty acid desaturases play important role in plant responses to abiotic stresses. However, their exact function in plant resistance to salt stress is unknown. In this work, we provide the evidence that FAD2, an endoplasmic reticulum localized ω-6 desaturase, is required for salt tolerance in Arabidopsis. Using vacuolar and plasma membrane vesicles prepared from the leaves of wild-type (Col-0) and the...
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