Claim · model-written summary
AfSSB expression improved tall fescue tolerance to TNT and cobalt.
- Taxon
- tall fescue
Lolium arundinaceume0 - Treatment
- expressing the Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans single-strand DNA-binding protein gene (AfSSB)e0
- Gene
- AfSSBe0
- Outcome
- tolerance of Arabidopsis and tall fescuee0
- Direction
- improvee0
- Qualifier
- TNT and cobalte0
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Verbatim
e0“expressing the Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans single-strand DNA-binding protein gene (AfSSB) can improve the tolerance of Arabidopsis and tall fescue to TNT and cobalt.”
Title
Enhanced phytoremediation of TNT and cobalt co-contaminated soil by AfSSB transformed plant
Jian-jie Gao; Ri-he Peng; Bo Zhu; et al. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 2021. doi:10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.112407
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Intervention effect AfSSB expression improved Arabidopsis tolerance to TNT and cobalt.
- Intervention effect AfSSB-transformed Arabidopsis showed enhanced phytoremediation of separately and jointly contaminated soil relative to controls.
- Intervention effect AfSSB-transformed tall fescue showed enhanced phytoremediation of separately and jointly contaminated soil relative to controls.
- Intervention effect AfSSB-transformed Arabidopsis had reduced DNA damage under TNT exposure compared with controls.
- Mechanism AfSSB improved contaminant tolerance by strengthening ROS scavenging and detoxification systems.