Eucalyptus ESTs related to genes for oxidative stress.
Oxidative stress generating active oxygen species has been proved to be one of the underlying agents causing tissue injury after the exposure of Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus spp.) plants to a wide variety of stress conditions. The objective of this study was to perform data mining to identify favorable genes and alleles associated with the enzyme systems superoxide dismutase, catalase, peroxidases, and glutathione S-transferase that are related to tolerance for environmental stresses and damage caused by pests, diseases, herbicides, and by weeds themselves. This was undertaken by using the eucalyptus expressed-sequence database (https//forests.esalq.usp.br). The alignment results between amino acid and nucleotide sequences indicated that the studied enzymes were adequately represented in the ESTs database of the FORESTs project.
Alves
Elza
E
Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil.
Velini
Edivaldo Domingues
ED
Trindade
Maria Lúcia Bueno
ML
Cataneo
Ana Catarina
AC
Marino
Celso Luis
CL
Mori
Edson Seizo
ES
Guerrini
Iraê Amaral
IA
Furtado
Edson Luis
EL
Wilcken
Carlos F
CF
D002374:Catalase / Q000235:genetics*; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D004777:Environment; D005052:Eucalyptus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development*; D020224:Expressed Sequence Tags; D015723:Gene Library; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000235:genetics*; D006540:Herbicides; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D010544:Peroxidases / Q000235:genetics*; D010571:Pest Control; D010802:Phylogeny; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000235:genetics*
D006540:Herbicides; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D010544:Peroxidases; D002374:Catalase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D005982:Glutathione Transferase