... and oxida-tive damage. In the early period, rice can rapidly per-ceive a salt stress signal via plasma membrane receptors in root cells and can rapidly initiate an intracellularsig nal that ... OsCYP2, a rice cyclophilin that confers salt tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa L. ) seedlings when overexpressedSong-Lin Ruan1,2*, Hua-Sheng Ma1*, Shi-Heng Wang1, Ya-Ping Fu2, Ya Xin1, ... componentsinvolved in salt- stress signaling.Results: Phenotypic analysis of one protein that was upregulated during salt- induced stress, cyclophilin 2 (OsCYP 2), indicated that OsCYP2 transgenic rice seedlings...