The plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA) plays a pivotal role in a variety of developmental
processes and adaptive stress responses to environmental stimuli in plants. Cellular …

Plant development is adapted to changing environmental conditions for optimizing growth.
This developmental adaptation is influenced by signals from the environment, which act as …

The endodermal tissue layer is found in the roots of vascular plants and functions as a
semipermeable barrier, regulating the transport of solutes from the soil into the vascular …

Although numerous transcription factors with antagonistic activities have been shown to
contribute to growth and development, whether and how they regulate senescence in plants …

Abstract Background Arabidopsis AtHB7 and AtHB12 transcription factors (TFs) belong to
the homeodomain-leucine zipper subfamily I (HD-Zip I) and present 62% amino acid …

Rose (R osa hybrida) is one of the most important ornamental plants worldwide; however,
senescence of its petals terminates the ornamental value of the flower, resulting in major …

Flowering of many plant species depends on interactions between basic leucine zipper
(bZIP) transcription factors and systemically transported florigen proteins. Members of the …

Plants perceiving drought activate multiple responses to improve survival, including large-
scale alterations in gene expression. This article reports on the roles in the drought …

Background The homeodomain leucine zipper (HD-Zip) transcription factor family is one of
the largest plant specific superfamilies, and includes genes with roles in modulation of plant …

Glutathione (GSH) is a linchpin of cellular defences in plants and animals with
physiologically-important roles in the protection of cells from biotic and abiotic stresses …