Low temperature induces the accumulation of alcohol dehydrogenase mRNA in Arabidopsis thaliana, a chilling-tolerant plant

  1. Jarillo, J.A. 1
  2. Leyva, A. 1
  3. Salinas, J. 1
  4. Martínez-Zapater, J.M. 1
  1. 1 Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria
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    Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria

    Madrid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/011q66e29

Revista:
Plant Physiology

ISSN: 0032-0889

Año de publicación: 1993

Volumen: 101

Número: 3

Páginas: 833-837

Tipo: Artículo

SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-0000290462 GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Otras publicaciones en: Plant Physiology

Resumen

mRNA encoding alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) increases in etiolated seedlings and leaves of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. upon exposure to low temperature. The analysis of this response after water stress and abscisic acid (ABA) treatments in Arabidopsis wild type and ABA-deficient and -insensitive mutants indicates that cold accumulation of ADH mRNA could be induced by both anaerobic metabolism and increase of ABA concentration resulting from low temperature exposure. By using one Arabidopsis ADH null mutant, we show that ADH activity is not required for successful development of freezing tolerance in this species.