On the salty side of life: molecular, physiological and anatomical adaptation and acclimation of trees to extreme habitats

A Polle, S Chen - Plant, Cell & Environment, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Saline and sodic soils that cannot be used for agriculture occur worldwide. Cultivating stress‐
tolerant trees to obtain biomass from salinized areas has been suggested. Various tree …

Multiple links between HD-Zip proteins and hormone networks

G Sessa, M Carabelli, M Possenti, G Morelli… - International Journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
HD-Zip proteins are unique to plants, and contain a homeodomain closely linked to a
leucine zipper motif, which are involved in dimerization and DNA binding. Based on …

Leaf shape evolution through duplication, regulatory diversification, and loss of a homeobox gene

D Vlad, D Kierzkowski, MI Rast, F Vuolo, R Dello Ioio… - Science, 2014 - science.org
In this work, we investigate morphological differences between Arabidopsis thaliana, which
has simple leaves, and its relative Cardamine hirsuta, which has dissected leaves …

Genome-Wide Analysis of C2H2 Zinc-Finger Family Transcription Factors and Their Responses to Abiotic Stresses in Poplar (Populus trichocarpa)

Q Liu, Z Wang, X Xu, H Zhang, C Li - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background C2H2 zinc-finger (C2H2-ZF) proteins are a large gene family in plants that
participate in various aspects of normal plant growth and development, as well as in biotic …

Hsf and Hsp gene families in Populus: genome-wide identification, organization and correlated expression during development and in stress responses

J Zhang, B Liu, J Li, L Zhang, Y Wang, H Zheng, M Lu… - BMC genomics, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Background Heat shock proteins (Hsps) are molecular chaperones that are
involved in many normal cellular processes and stress responses, and heat shock factors …

Genome-wide analysis of soybean HD-Zip gene family and expression profiling under salinity and drought treatments

X Chen, Z Chen, H Zhao, Y Zhao, B Cheng, Y Xiang - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background Homeodomain-leucine zipper (HD-Zip) proteins, a group of homeobox
transcription factors, participate in various aspects of normal plant growth and …

Genome-wide Comparative Analysis of the GRAS Gene Family in Populus, Arabidopsis and Rice

X Liu, A Widmer - Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 2014 - Springer
GRAS genes belong to a gene family of transcription regulators that function in the
regulation of plant growth and development. Our knowledge about the expansion and …

Comprehensive characterization and RNA-Seq profiling of the HD-Zip transcription factor family in soybean (Glycine max) during dehydration and salt stress

V Belamkar, NT Weeks, AK Bharti, AD Farmer… - BMC genomics, 2014 - Springer
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 …

A COMPASS histone H3K4 trimethyltransferase pentamer transactivates drought tolerance and growth/biomass production in Populus trichocarpa

B Zhang, Z Wang, X Dai, J Gao, J Zhao, R Ma… - New …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Summary Histone H3 lysine‐4 trimethylation (H3K4me3) activating drought‐responsive
genes in plants for drought adaptation has long been established, but the underlying …

Genome-Wide Analysis and Heavy Metal-Induced Expression Profiling of the HMA Gene Family in Populus trichocarpa

D Li, X Xu, X Hu, Q Liu, Z Wang, H Zhang… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The heavy metal ATPase (HMA) family plays an important role in transition metal transport in
plants. However, this gene family has not been extensively studied in Populus trichocarpa …