STRESS RESISTANT PLANT INTRODUCED BY STRESS-INDUCED PROMOTER AND THE GENE ENCODING ZEAXANTHIN EPOXIDASE

摘要

A stress resistant plant is provided to show resistance against non-biological stresses such as environment stress and inhibit low growth as compared with wild plants by introducing a stress-induced promoter and a gene encoding zeaxanthin epoxidase(ZEP) to a plant. A stress resistant plant AtZEP contains a stress-induced promoter RD29A or Rab18 promoter and a gene encoding zeaxanthin epoxidase(ZEP) having the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, wherein the stress is non-biological stress selected from osmotic stress, salt stress caused by NaCl or LiCl and drought stress, wherein the zeaxanthin epoxidase(ZEP) has the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2.