@article{wjar2015324,
author={{Myint, Thawda and Ismawanto, Sigit and Namasivayam, Parameswari and Napis, Suhaimi and Abdulla, Mohd Puad},
title={Expression Analysis of the <i>ADH</i> Genes in <i>Arabidopsis</i> Plants Exposed to PEG-induced Water Stress},
journal={World Journal of Agricultural Research},
volume={3},
number={2},
pages={57--65},
year={2015},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/wjar/3/2/4},
issn={2333-0678},
abstract={In plants, ethanolic fermentation occurs during limited oxygen condition and under certain environmental stresses. Many of the observations reported on the <i>ADH1</i> gene during environmental stress conditions were obtained from studies that used single isoforms of the gene <i>ADH1 </i>even though many isoforms of the genes are known to be operational in plants based the complete genome sequence of more than 20 different plant species. Here, the <i>Arabidopsis</i> plants were exposed to polyethylene glycol-induced drought stress and the whole set of <i>ADH </i>(EC.1.1.1.1) genes as well as the enzyme activity of ADH in response to PEG-induced water stress condition was presented and discussed. At enzyme levels, both the root and leaf NADH-ADH activities were increased 5.9 and 4.4 folds when treated with 5% (w/v) PEG-20,000. At gene level, the majority of the <i>ADH1</i> gene <i>AT1G77120 </i>and two of the <i>ADH-</i>like<i> </i>genes (<i>AT1G64710</i> and <i>AT5G24760</i>) were up-regulated in the leaf and root. The result suggests that <i>ADH1</i> together with other two more <i>ADH-</i>likes genes were responsive in the leaf and root operating along side during the PEG-induced water stress and these evidences support the conclusion that the capacity of ethanolic fermentation was enhanced in response to drought.},
doi={10.12691/wjar-3-2-4}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}