FIG 5.

Assay of early development of AgRPL44-transformed tobacco plants. (A) Schematic of the vector used for plant transformation. (B) RT-PCR analysis of transgenic lines with the pBI121::AgRPL44 construct. (C) Phenotype of wild-type and TG tobacco after 2 weeks of 100 mM or 200 mM NaCl treatment. (D) Root lengths of tobacco plants overexpressing the AgRPL44 gene. (E) Fresh weights of tobacco plants overexpressing the AgRPL44 gene. The data represent means ± SD of results from three experiments performed. Significant differences between the TG and control lines are indicated by asterisks (*, P < 0.05; **, P < 0.01).