Nagib Ahsan

TL;DR: It is concluded that one of the mechanisms of increased anti-oxidative defense in transgenic tall fescue plants is overexpression of the CuZnSOD and APX genes, which are utilized in scavenging ROS and thus provide improved tolerance to abiotic stresses.

TL;DR: The results of the present study show that a group of low molecular small heat shock proteins (sHSPs) were newly induced by heat stress, and a low molecular weight mitochondrial (Mt) sHSP was validated further by Western blot analysis.

TL;DR: Down-regulation of key metabolic enzymes like alpha-amylase or enolase revealed that the inhibition of seed germinations after exposure to excess copper not only affects starvation in water uptake by seeds but also results in failure in the reserve mobilization processes.

TL;DR: Comparative proteomic analysis of rice roots during As stress suggests that SAMS, CS, GSTs, and GR presumably work synchronously wherein GSH plays a central role in protecting cells against As stress.

TL;DR: This review focuses on recent developments in the applications of proteomics to the analysis of the responses of plants to heavy metals; such studies provide a deeper understanding of protein responses and the interactions among the possible pathways that are involved in detoxification of toxic metals in plant cells.