Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Xiong, L.
• Zhu, J.‐K.

Titel

Molecular and genetic aspects of plant responses to osmotic stress

Ist Teil von

• Plant, cell and environment, 2002-02, Vol.25 (2), p.131-139

Ort / Verlag

Oxford, UK: Blackwell Science Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2002

Quelle

Wiley-Blackwell Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Drought, high salinity and freezing impose osmotic stress on plants. Plants respond to the stress in part by modulating gene expression, which eventually leads to the restoration of cellular homeostasis, detoxification of toxins and recovery of growth. The signal transduction pathways mediating these adaptations can be dissected by combining forward and reverse genetic approaches with molecular, biochemical and physiological studies. Arabidopsis is a useful genetic model system for this purpose and its relatives including the halophyte Thellungiella halophila, can serve as valuable complementary genetic model systems.