Leaf senescence is an integral part of plant development and is driven by endogenous cues
such as leaf or plant age. Developmental senescence aims to maximize the usage of …

Under drought stress, plants have developed various mechanisms to survive in the reduced
water supply, of which the regulation of stress-related gene expression is responsible for …

Dynamic networks of protein–protein interactions regulate numerous cellular processes and
determine the ability to respond appropriately to environmental stimuli. However, the …

Background Plant protoplasts, a proven physiological and versatile cell system, are widely
used in high-throughput analysis and functional characterization of genes. Green …

Analyses of Arabidopsis thaliana defense response to the damping-off oomycete pathogen
Pythium irregulare show that resistance to P. irregulare requires a multicomponent defense …

Pathogenesis related (PR) proteins are low molecular weight family of proteins induced in
plants under various biotic and abiotic stresses. They play an important role in plant-defense …

Zinc is an essential micronutrient for all living organisms. When facing a shortage in zinc
supply, plants adapt by enhancing the zinc uptake capacity. The molecular regulators …

WRKY genes encode transcription factors that are involved in the regulation of various
biological processes. These zinc‐finger proteins, especially those members mediating …

In plants, osmotic stress-responsive transcriptional regulation depends mainly on two major
classes of cis-acting elements found in the promoter regions of stress-inducible genes: ABA …

The phytohormone abscisic acid (ABA) is involved in the adaptive stress response and
regulates expression of many stress-responsive genes, including some transcriptional …