Molecular and genetic aspects of plant responses to osmotic stress

L. Xiong; Jian Kang Zhu

doi:10.1046/j.1365-3040.2002.00782.x

Molecular and genetic aspects of plant responses to osmotic stress

L. Xiong, Jian Kang Zhu^*

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	131-139
Number of pages	9
Journal	Plant, Cell and Environment
Volume	25
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3040.2002.00782.x
State	Published - 2002
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Genetic analysis
Reactive oxygen species
Signal transduction

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Physiology
Plant Science

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