Publication Date:
2007-12-01
Description:
Both limiting and toxic soil concentrations of the essential micronutrient boron represent major limitations to crop production worldwide. We identified Bot1, a BOR1 ortholog, as the gene responsible for the superior boron-toxicity tolerance of the Algerian barley landrace Sahara 3771 (Sahara). Bot1 was located at the tolerance locus by high-resolution mapping. Compared to intolerant genotypes, Sahara contains about four times as many Bot1 gene copies, produces substantially more Bot1 transcript, and encodes a Bot1 protein with a higher capacity to provide tolerance in yeast. Bot1 transcript levels identified in barley tissues are consistent with a role in limiting the net entry of boron into the root and in the disposal of boron from leaves via hydathode guttation.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Sutton, Tim -- Baumann, Ute -- Hayes, Julie -- Collins, Nicholas C -- Shi, Bu-Jun -- Schnurbusch, Thorsten -- Hay, Alison -- Mayo, Gwenda -- Pallotta, Margaret -- Tester, Mark -- Langridge, Peter -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2007 Nov 30;318(5855):1446-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, Private Mail Bag 1, Glen Osmond, South Australia 5064, Australia. tim.sutton@acpfg.com.au〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18048688" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Amino Acid Sequence
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Base Sequence
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Biological Transport
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Boron/metabolism/*toxicity
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Boron Compounds/*metabolism/*toxicity
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Chromosome Mapping
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*Genes, Plant
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Hordeum/*drug effects/*genetics/metabolism
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Membrane Transport Proteins/chemistry/*genetics/metabolism
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Plant Lectins/genetics/metabolism
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Plant Proteins/chemistry/genetics/metabolism
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Plant Roots/genetics/metabolism
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Quantitative Trait Loci
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics/growth & development/metabolism
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Transcription, Genetic
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
