Going beyond nutrition: regulation of potassium homoeostasis as a common denominator of plant adaptive responses to environment

U Anschütz, D Becker, S Shabala - Journal of plant physiology, 2014 - Elsevier
Partially and fully completed plant genome sequencing projects in both lower and higher
plants allow drawing a comprehensive picture of the molecular and structural diversities of …

ABA control of plant macroelement membrane transport systems in response to water deficit and high salinity

Y Osakabe, K Yamaguchi‐Shinozaki… - New …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Plant growth and productivity are adversely affected by various abiotic stressors and plants
develop a wide range of adaptive mechanisms to cope with these adverse conditions …

[HTML][HTML] Na+ transport in plants

MP Apse, E Blumwald - FEBS letters, 2007 - Elsevier
The ability of plants to grow in high NaCl concentrations is associated with the ability of the
plants to transport, compartmentalize, extrude, and mobilize Na+ ions. While the influx and …

Cytoplasmic male sterility of rice with boro II cytoplasm is caused by a cytotoxic peptide and is restored by two related PPR motif genes via distinct modes of mRNA …

Z Wang, Y Zou, X Li, Q Zhang, L Chen, H Wu… - The Plant …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) and nucleus-controlled fertility restoration are widespread
plant reproductive features that provide useful tools to exploit heterosis in crops. However …

Cellular ion homeostasis: emerging roles of intracellular NHX Na+/H+ antiporters in plant growth and development

E Bassil, A Coku, E Blumwald - Journal of experimental botany, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Recent evidence highlights novel roles for intracellular Na+/H+ antiporters (NHXs) in plants.
The availability of knockouts and overexpressors of specific NHX isoforms has provided …

Transcriptome analysis of haploid male gametophyte development in Arabidopsis

D Honys, D Twell - Genome biology, 2004 - Springer
Background The haploid male gametophyte generation of flowering plants consists of two-or
three-celled pollen grains. This functional specialization is thought to be a key factor in the …

In the light of stomatal opening: new insights into 'the Watergate'

MRG Roelfsema, R Hedrich - New Phytologist, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Stomata can be regarded as hydraulically driven valves in the leaf surface, which open to
allow CO2 uptake and close to prevent excessive loss of water. Movement of these …

Plastidial transporters KEA1, -2, and -3 are essential for chloroplast osmoregulation, integrity, and pH regulation in Arabidopsis

HH Kunz, M Gierth, A Herdean… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Multiple K+ transporters and channels and the corresponding mutants have been described
and studied in the plasma membrane and organelle membranes of plant cells. However …

Evolutionary origins of eukaryotic sodium/proton exchangers

CL Brett, M Donowitz, R Rao - American Journal of …, 2005 - journals.physiology.org
More than 200 genes annotated as Na+/H+ hydrogen exchangers (NHEs) currently reside in
bioinformation databases such as GenBank and Pfam. We performed detailed phylogenetic …

Transcriptome analyses show changes in gene expression to accompany pollen germination and tube growth in Arabidopsis

Y Wang, WZ Zhang, LF Song, JJ Zou, Z Su… - Plant …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Pollen germination, along with pollen tube growth, is an essential process for the
reproduction of flowering plants. The germinating pollen with tip-growth characteristics …