International Journal of Proteomics

Review Article

Heat Shock Proteins in Association with Heat Tolerance in Grasses

Table 1

Tissue-specific expression of five families of HSPs in cereal and forage and turf grasses responding to heat stress.
HSP FamilyTissueCereal Species
HSP100　　LeafWheat [67]
RootWheat [67]
SeedMaize [68], Rice [68], Wheat [68]
HSP90　　SeedMaize [69]
HSP70　　LeafWheat [70]
RootMaize [69], Wheat [70]
SeedWheat [71]
HSP60　　LeafMaize [69]
RootBarley [70], Maize [69], Rye [70], Wheat [70]
SeedMaize [69]
sHSP　　LeafBarley [72], Maize [69, 73], Rice [74], Wheat [30, 70]
RootMaize [69], Wheat [70]
SeedPearl millet [75], Sorghum [75], Wheat [71, 76]
HSP FamilyTissueForage and Turf Species
HSP100　　LeafCreeping bentgrass [77], Fescue [78]
HSP90　LeafCreeping bentgrass [77, 79], Fescue [78], Orchardgrass [80]
RootCreeping bentgrass [79]
HSP70　LeafCreeping bentgrass [77, 79, 81–84], Fescue [78]
RootCreeping bentgrass (unpublished)
HSP60　LeafCreeping bentgrass [79, 81, 82]
RootCreeping bentgrass (unpublished)
sHSPLeafCreeping bentgrass [77, 81, 82, 84], Fescue [78]