Cotton BCP genes encoding putative blue copper-binding proteins are functionally expressed in fiber development and involved in response to high-salinity and heavy metal stresses
Ministry of Agriculture of ChinaMinistry of Agriculture, China [2009ZX08009-117B]; National Natural Sciences Foundation of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [30871317]; National Program for Basic Research of ChinaNational Basic Research Program of China [2008CB117014]
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生命科学学院
摘要：
Copper is vitally required for plants at low concentrations but extremely toxic for plants at elevated concentrations. Plants have evolved a series of mechanisms to prevent the consequences of the excess or deficit of copper. These mechanisms require copper-interacting proteins involved in copper trafficking. Blue copper-binding proteins (BCPs) are a class of copper proteins containing one blue copper-binding domain binding a single type I copper. To investigate the role of BCPs in plant development and in response to stresses, we isolated nine...
