| OASTL |
|
Tobacco |
Resistance of cadmium (Cd) up to 300 mM, Selenium (Se)- 250 mM, nickel (Ni) up to 500 mM higher biomass is produced |
(Kawashima et al., 2004KAWASHIMA, C.G., NOJI, M., NAKAMURA, M., OGRA, Y., SUZUKI, K.T. and SAITO, K., 2004. Heavy metal tolerance of transgenic tobacco plants over-expressing cysteine synthase. Biotechnology Letters, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 153-157. http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:BILE.0000012895.60773.ff. PMid:15000484.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:BILE.0000012...
) |
| TaPCS1 |
Wheat |
Tobacco |
High tolerance to lead (Pb) (1 mM) and cadmium (Cd) (50 mM) |
(Gisbert et al., 2003GISBERT, C., ROS, R., DE HARO, A., WALKER, D.J., BERNAL, M.P., SERRANO, R. and AVINO, J.N., 2003. A plant genetically modified that accumulates Pb is especially promising for phytoremediation. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, vol. 303, no. 2, pp. 440-445. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0006-291X(03)00349-8. PMid:12659836.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0006-291X(03)...
) |
| TaPCS1 |
Triticum aestivum
|
N. glauca
|
Good root formation on medium containing 800 µM of lead (Pb) and 50 µM of cadmium (Cd) |
(Martinez et al., 2006MARTÍNEZ, M., BERNAL, P., ALMELA, C., VELEZ, D., GARCIA-AGUSTIN, P., SERANNO, R. and NAVARO-AVINO, J., 2006. An engineered plant that accumulates higher levels of heavy metals than Thlaspi caerulescens, with yields of 100 times more biomass in mine soils. Chemosphere, vol. 64, no. 3, pp. 478-485. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.10.044. PMid:16337669.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere....
) |
| YCF1 |
Yeast |
Arabidopsis, poplar |
Increases resistance to lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) and increases the accumulative capacity in lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) vacuoles in transgenic plants |
(Song et al., 2003SONG, W.Y., JU SOHN, E., MARTINOIA, E., LEE, Y.J., YANG, Y.Y., JASINSKI, M., FORESTIER, C., HWANG, I. and LEE, Y., 2003. Engineering tolerance and accumulation of lead and cadmium in transgenic plants. Nature Biotechnology, vol. 21, no. 8, pp. 914-919. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nbt850. PMid:12872132.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nbt850...
) |
| ZntA |
E. coli
|
Arabidopsis
|
Resistance of the transgenic plant to lead (Pb) 0.7 mM and cadmium (Cd) 70 µM |
(Lee et al., 2003LEE, S., MOON, J.S., KO, T.S., PETROS, D., GOLDSBROUGH, P.B. and KORBAN, S.S., 2003. Overexpression of arabidopsis phytochelatin synthase paradoxically leads to hypersensitivity to cadmium stress. Plant Physiology, vol. 131, no. 2, pp. 656-663. http://dx.doi.org/10.1104/pp.014118. PMid:12586889.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1104/pp.014118...
) |
| ABCC1 |
A. thaliana
|
A. thaliana
|
Overexpression of AtABCC1 increases the accumulation of cadmium (Cd) |
(Park et al., 2012PARK, J., SONG, W., KO, D., EOM, Y.U., HANSEN, T.H., SCHILLER, M., LEE, T.G., MATRINOIA, E. and LEE, Y., 2012. The phytochelatin transporters AtABCC1 and AtABCC2 mediate tolerance to cadmium and mercury. The Plant Journal, vol. 69, no. 2, pp. 278-288. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-313X.2011.04789.x. PMid:21919981.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-313X.20...
) |
| MTP3 |
A. thaliana
|
A. thaliana
|
Overexpression of the MTP3 gene increases the accumulation of zinc (Zn) in roots and leaves |
(Arrivault et al., 2006ARRIVAULT, S., SENGER, T. and KRÄMER, U., 2006. The Arabidopsis metal tolerance protein AtMTP3 maintains metal homeostasis by mediating Zn exclusion from the shoot under Fe deficiency and Zn oversupply. The Plant Journal, vol. 46, no. 5, pp. 861-879. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-313X.2006.02746.x. PMid:16709200.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-313X.20...
) |
| NRAMP1 |
O. sativa
|
A. thaliana
|
Expression of the OsNRAMP1 gene in Arabidopsis increases tolerance and accumulation of arsenic (As) and cadmium (Cd), increases the accumulation of Iron (Fe) and Manganese (Mn) in shoots, increases the genes expression of the AtABCC1, AtABCC2, and AtHMA4 |
(Tiwari et al., 2014TIWARI, M., SHARMA, D., DWIVEDI, S., SINGH, M., TRIPATHI, R.D. and TRIVEDI, P.K., 2014. Expression in Arabidopsis and cellular localization reveal involvement of rice NRAMP, OsNRAMP1, in arsenic transport and tolerance: OsNRAMP1 in arsenic transport and tolerance. Plant, Cell & Environment, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 140-152. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pce.12138. PMid:23700971.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pce.12138...
) |
| AtPCS1 |
A. thaliana
|
B. juncea
|
Increase in the root of the medium-containing cadmium (Cd) in the concentration of 100 µM and arsenic (As) 500 µM |
(Gasic and Korban, 2007GASIC, K. and KORBAN, S.S., 2007. Transgenic Indian mustard (Brassica juncea) plants expressing an Arabidopsis phytochelatin synthase (AtPCS1) exhibit enhanced As and Cd tolerance. Plant Molecular Biology, vol. 64, no. 4, pp. 361-369. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11103-007-9158-7. PMid:17390107.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11103-007-915...
) |
| HvNAS1 |
Hordeum vulgare
|
Arabidopsis
|
Gives increased resistance to high concentrations of metals, in particular to nickel (Ni) |
(Kim et al., 2005KIM, S., TAKAHASHI, M., HIGUCHI, K., TSUNODA, K., NAKANISHI, H., YOSHIMURA, E., MORI, S. and NISHIZAWA, N.K., 2005. Increased nicotianamine biosynthesis confers enhanced tolerance of high levels of metals, in particular nickel, to plants. Plant & Cell Physiology, vol. 46, no. 11, pp. 1809-1818. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pci196. PMid:16143596.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pci196...
) |
| NAAT |
Barley |
Rice |
Transgenic plants grew better on iron-deficient soils |
(Takahashi et al., 2001TAKAHASHI, M., NAKANISHI, H., KAWASAKI, S., NISHIZAWA, N.K. and MORI, S., 2001. Enhanced tolerance of rice to low iron availability in alkaline soils using barley nicotianamine aminotransferase genes. Nature Biotechnology, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 466-469. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/88143. PMid:11329018.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/88143...
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