Exogenous application of xanthine and uric acid and nucleobase-ascorbate transporter MdNAT7 expression regulate salinity tolerance in apple.
Tingting SunTingting PeiLulu YangZhijun ZhangMingjun LiYuerong LiuFengwang MaChanghai LiuPublished in: BMC plant biology (2021)
Our results demonstrate that xanthine and uric acid have potential uses in salt stress alleviation, and MdNAT7 can be utilized as a candidate gene to engineer resistance to salt stress in plants.