Proton transporters and uses in plants

A transgenic plant which grows in a concentration of a salt that inhibits growth of a corresponding non-transgenic plant.

A transgenic plant which is tolerant to a salt comprising an exogenous nucleic acid construct which is designed to overexpresses AVP1 or designed to down regulate endogenous pyrophosphatase.

A construct comprising an AVP1 gene operably linked to a chimeric promoter designed to overexpress AVP1 or designed to down regulate endogenous pyrophosphatase.

A transgenic plant obtained by introducing into a plant exogenous nucleic acid which alters expression of vacuolar pyrophosphatase in the plant.

Plant cells comprising exogenous nucleic acid which alters expression of vacuolar pyrophosphatase in the plant cell.

A method of making a transgenic plant which is tolerant to a salt comprising introducing into one or more cells of a plant exogenous nucleic acid which alters expression of vacuolar pyrophosphatase in the plant to yield transformed cells in the plant, thereby producing a transgenic plant which is tolerant to the salt.

A method of making a transgenic plant which is tolerant to a salt comprising introducing into one or more cells of a plant a nucleic acid construct which is designed to overexpress AVP1 to yield transformed cells thereby producing a transgenic plant which is tolerant to the salt.

A method of making a transgenic plant which is larger than its corresponding wild type plant comprising introducing into one or more cells of a plant nucleic acid which alters expression of vacuolar pyrophosphatase in the plant to yield transformed cells, thereby producing a transgenic plant which is larger than its corresponding wild type plant.

A method of bioremediating soil comprising growing one or more transgenic plants and/or progeny thereof in the soil, wherein the transgenic plants and/or progeny thereof comprise exogenous nucleic acid which alters expression of vacuolar pyrophosphatase in the plant.

A method of increasing the yield of a plant comprising introducing into one or more cells of a plant nucleic acid which alters expression of vacuolar pyrophosphatase in the plant to yield transformed cells, thereby increasing the yield of the plant.

A method of removing cations from a medium which can support plant growth comprising growing one or more transgenic plants and/or progeny thereof in the medium, wherein the transgenic plants and/or progeny thereof comprise exogenous nucleic acid which alters expression of vacuolar pyrophosphatase in the plant.

A method of producing a transgenic plant which grows in salt water comprising introducing into one or more cells of a plant exogenous nucleic acid which alters expression of vacuolar pyrophosphatase in the plant to yield transformed cells, thereby producing a transgenic plant which can grow in salt water.

A transgenic plant which is tolerant to a salt, comprising one or more plant cells transformed with exogenous nucleic acid which alters expression of a vacuolar pyrophosphatase and an Na+/H+ antiporter in the plant.

A method of making a transgenic plant having increased flower size compared to its corresponding wild type plant comprising introducing into one or more cells of a plant nucleic acid which alters expression of vacuolar pyrophosphatase in the plant to yield transformed cells, thereby producing a transgenic plant having increased flower size compared to its corresponding wild type plant.