Table 1.
List of genes tested for their expression pattern in the NFP plants in comparison to their non-transgenic siblings.
| Genes tested | Root | Leaf | Grain | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHYTOSIDEROPHORES SYNTHESIS RELATED GENES | ||||
| S-adenosyl methionine synthetase 2 (OsSAMS2) | X | X | X | Lee et al., 1997 |
| Nicotianamine synthase 1 (OsNAS1) | X | X | Inoue et al., 2003; Kobayashi et al., 2005 | |
| Nicotianamine synthase 2 (OsNAS2) | X | X | X | Inoue et al., 2003; Kobayashi et al., 2005 |
| Nicotianamine synthase 3 (OsNAS3) | X | X | Inoue et al., 2003 | |
| Nicotianamine aminotransferase (OsNAAT1) | X | X | X | Inoue et al., 2008 |
| Deoxymugineic acid synthase (OsDMAS1) | X | X | X | Bashir et al., 2006 |
| INTER- AND INTRA-CELLULAR METAL TRANSPORTERS AND OTHER IRON RESPONSIVE GENES | ||||
| Iron-regulated transporter 1 (OsIRT1) | X | X | X | Ishimaru et al., 2006 |
| Iron-regulated transporter 2 (OsIRT2) | X | X | Ishimaru et al., 2006 | |
| Yellow stripe like 2 (OsYSL2) | X | X | X | Koike et al., 2004 |
| Yellow stripe like 5 (OsYSL5) | X | X | Narayanan et al., 2007 | |
| Yellow stripe like 6 (OsYSL6) | X | X | X | Narayanan et al., 2007 |
| Yellow stripe like 9 (OsYSL9) | X | X | Aoyama et al., 2009 | |
| Yellow stripe like 13 (OsYSL13) | X | X | Nozoye et al., 2011 | |
| Yellow stripe like 15 (OsYSL15) | X | Inoue et al., 2009 | ||
| Zinc-regulated transporter, Iron-regulated transporter-like 1 (OsZIP1) | X | X | Ramesh et al., 2003 | |
| Zinc-regulated transporter, Iron-regulated transporter-like 3 (OsZIP3) | X | X | Ramesh et al., 2003 | |
| Zinc-regulated transporter, Iron-regulated transporter-like 4 (OsZIP4) | X | X | X | Ishimaru et al., 2005 |
| Zinc-regulated transporter, Iron-regulated transporter-like 8 (OsZIP8) | X | Narayanan et al., 2007 | ||
| Heavy metal ATPase 2 (OsHMA2) | X | X | Takahashi et al., 2012 | |
| Ferric reductase defective 3 like (OsFRDL1) | X | Yokosho et al., 2009 | ||
| Natural resistance associated macrophage protein 4 (OsNRAMP4) | X | X | Narayanan et al., 2007 | |
| Mitochondrial iron-regulated gene (OsMIR) | X | X | X | Ishimaru et al., 2009 |
| Metal tolerance protein 1 (OsMTP1) | X | X | Yuan et al., 2012 | |
| Vacuolar iron transporter 2 (OsVIT2) | X | X | X | Zhang et al., 2012 |
| Permease in chloroplasts1 (OsPIC1) | X | X | Duy et al., 2007 | |
| IRON STORAGE PROTEIN FERRITIN AND TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS | ||||
| Ferritin 1 (OsFER1) | X | X | X | Stein et al., 2009 |
| IDEF1 | X | X | X | Kobayashi et al., 2009, 2012 |
| IDEF2 | X | X | X | Ogo et al., 2008 |
The symbol “X” marks the tissue (root, flag leaf, or grain) in which the corresponding gene was tested.