Abstract
Recently, overexpression of the plasma membrane Na+/H+ antiporter SOS1 was shown to increase salt tolerance of Arabidopsis and revealed that levels of SOS1 mRNA are post-transcriptionally regulated by salt stress. In addition to demonstrating a novel approach to engineer salt-tolerant crops, the results provide the first glimpse of a previously unknown mechanism used by plants to regulate gene expression in response to salt stress.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 200-201 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Trends in Plant Science |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 1 2003 |