US-2208-93 Abstract Achievements
Productivity of Stress Tolerant Plants by Overproduction of Enzymatic Oxyradical Scavengers Budget Duration
$263,000 3 years
Ben-Hayyim, G. ARO, Min. Ag.
Holland, D. ARO, Min. Ag.
Eshdat, Y. ARO, Min. Ag.
Zilinskas, B.A. Rutgers

Publication List


Murthy, S.S., G. Ben-Hayyim and B.A. Zilinskas (1995). Saline stress induces enzymatic antioxidant gene expression in pea. Plant Physiol 108S:107


Murthy, S.S. and B.A. Zilinskas (1994). Molecular cloning and characterization of a cDNA encoding pea monodehydroascorbate reductase. Plant Physiol 105S:107

Murthy, S.S. and B.A. Zilinskas (1997). Suppression of monodehydroascorbate reductase expression in transgenic tobacco confers tolerance to paraquat-mediated oxidative stress. Plant Physiol 114S:298

Pitcher, L.H., P. Repetti and B.A. Zilinskas (1994). Overproduction of ascorbate peroxidase protects transgenic tobacco against oxidative stress. Plant Physiol 105S:116

Eshdat, Y., Z. Faltin, L. Camoin, A.D. Strosberg, D. Holland and G. Ben-Hayyim (1996). Phosphospholid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase - a plant salt-stress associated enzyme. Fourth Intern. Symp. on Plant Peroxidases: Biochemistry and Physiology, Vienna, Austria. :

Faltin, Z., G. Ben-Hayyim, L. Camoin, A.D. Strosberg, D. Holland and Y. Eshdat (1997). Non-selenium plant phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase is overexpressed under salt and oxidative stress. Third Intern. Conf. on Oxygen Free Radicals and Environmental Stress in Plants., Pisa, Italy. :

Gueta-Dahan, Y., Z. Yaniv, B.A. Zilinskas and G. Ben-Hayyim (1997). Salt and oxidative stress: Similar and specific responses and their relation to salt tolerance in citrus.  Planta 203::460-469

Mittler, R. and B.A. Zilinkas (1993). Detection of peroxidase activity in native gels by inhibition of ascorbate-dependent reduction of nitroblue tetrazolium.  Anal Biochem 212:540-546

Mittler, R. and B.A. Zilinskas (1994). Regulation of pea cytosolic ascorbate peroxidase and other antioxidant enzymes during progression of drought stress and following recovery from drought.  Plant J 5:397-405

Murthy, S.S. and B.A. Zilinkas (1994). Molecular cloning and characterization of a cDNA encoding pea monodehydroascorbate reductase.   J Biol Chem 269:31129-31133

Beeor-Tzahar, T., G. Ben-Hayyin, D. Holland, Z. Faltin and Y. Eshdat (1995). A stress-associated citrus protein is a distinct plant phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase.  FEBS Lett 366::151-155

Eshdat, Y., D. Holland, Z. Faltin and G. Ben-Hayyim (1997). Plant glutathione peroxidases.  Physiol Plant 100::234-240

Holland, D., Z. Faltin, A. Perl, G. Ben-Hayyim and Y. Eshdat (1994). A novel plant glutathione peroxidase-like protein provides tolerance to oxygen radicals generated by paraquat in Escherichia coli.  FEBS Lett 337::52-55

Pitcher, L.H. and B.A. Zilinkas (1996). Overexpression of copper/zinc superoxide dismutase in the cytosol of transgenic tobacco confers partial resistance to ozon induced foliar necrosis.   Plant Physiol 110:583-588

Altomare, D.A. (1992). Copper/zinc- and manganese-superoxide dismutase in pea: Molecular cloning of cDNAs and regulation of superoxide dismutase gene expression. Ph.D. Thesis, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. :160