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Table 1. (Continued)
Gene symbol
Donor
Acceptor
Gene function
Elevated character
Reference
Na+/H+ antiporters in
tonoplast, exchange Na+
or Li+ for H+
Vacuolar Na+/H+
antiporter AtNHX1
Better growth at 200 mM
NaCl
A. thaliana
Tall fescue
Tian et al. (2006)
Na+/H+ antiporters in
tonoplast, exchange Na+
or Li+ for H+
Vacuolar Na+/H+
antiporter PgNHX1
Pennisetum
glaucum
Verma et al.
(2007)
Rice
Advanced root system
Na+/H+ antiporters in
tonoplast, exchange Na+
or Li+ for H+
Vacuolar Na+/H+
antiporter OsNHX1
Perennial
ryegrass
Elevated concentration
of Na+, K+ and proline
Rice
Wu et al. (2005)
Na+/H+ antiporters in
tonoplast, exchange Na+
or Li+ for H+
Vacuolar Na+/H+
antiporter MsNHX1
Increased osmotic
adjustment
Bao-Yan et al.
(2008)
Alfalfa
A. thaliana
Na+/H+ antiporters in
tonoplast, exchange Na+
or Li+ for H+
A relative high K+/Na+
ratio in the leaves and
roots
Vacuolar Na+/H+
antiporter AlNHXI
Aeluropus
littoralis
Zhang et al.
(2008)
Tobacco
Vacuolar H+
pyrophosphatase
AVP1
Na+/H+ antiporters in
tonoplast, exchange Na+
or Li+ for H+
Increased content of Na+,
K+ and Ca2+ in leaves
and roots
A. thaliana
Alfalfa
Bao et al. (2009)
Na+/H+ antiporters in
tonoplast, exchange Na+
or Li+ for H+
Vacuolar Na+/H+
antiporter AtNHX1
A. thaliana
Kiwifruit
Improved salt tolerance Tian et al. (2010)
Na+/H+ antiporters in
tonoplast, exchange Na+
or Li+ for H+
Growth in high
concentrations of NaCl
over 50 days
Vacuolar Na+/H+
antiporter SsNHX1
Salsola soda
Alfalfa
Li et al. (2010)
Na+/H+ antiporters,
exchange Na+ or Li+ for
H+
Vacuolar Na+/H+
antiporter MdNHX1
A relatively high K+/Na+
ratio in the leaves
Malus
Apple
Li et al. (2010)
Na+/H+ antiporters in
tonoplast, exchange Na+
or Li+ for H+
Vacuolar Na+/H+
antiporter AtNHX1
Resistant to high
concentration of salt
A. thaliana
Groundnut
Asif et al. (2011)
Na+/H+ antiporters in
tonoplast, exchange Na+
or Li+ for H+
Vacuolar Na+/H+
antiporter NHX1
Ammopiptanth
us mongolicus
A. thaliana
Lower Na+ content in
leaves
Wei et al. (2011)
Na+/H+ antiporters in
plasma membrane,
exchange Na+ or Li+ for
H+
Plasma membrane
Na+/H+ antiporter
sodium2 (SOD2)
Enhanced net
photosynthetic rate,
higher K+, lower Na+
Yeast
Rice
Zhao et al. (2006)
Pumping H+ from the
cytoplasm into vacuoles
to form the pH gradient
H+-pyrophosphatase
(PPase) gene TsVP
Thellungiella
halophila
Greater dry weight at 300
mM NaCl
Tobacco
Gao et al. (2006)
Accumulating more Na+,
K+ Ca2+, Cl2- and
soluble sugars in their
root and leaf tissues
Pumping H+ from the
cytoplasm into vacuoles
to form the pH gradient
H+-pyrophosphatase
(PPase) gene TsVP
Thellungiella
halophila
Cotton
Lv et al. (2008)
Pumping H+ from the
cytoplasm into vacuoles
to form the pH gradient
Accumulating more Na+,
K+ and Ca2+ in leaves
and roots
H+-pyrophosphatase
(PPase) gene AVP1
A. thaliana
Alfalfa
Bao et al. (2008)
