Functional genomics in plant abiotic stress responses and tolerance: From gene discovery to complex regulatory networks and their application in breeding

CIN-like TCP13 is essential for plant growth regulation under dehydration stress

(2022) Kaoru Urano et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Arabidopsis TBP-ASSOCIATED FACTOR 12 ortholog NOBIRO6 controls root elongation with unfolded protein response cofactor activity

(2022) June-Sik Kim et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Transcriptional regulatory network of plant cold-stress responses

(2022) Satoshi Kidokoro et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Plant responses to multifactorial stress combination

(2022) Sara I. Zandalinas et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

High-Throughput Plant Phenotyping Platform (HT3P) as a Novel Tool for Estimating Agronomic Traits From the Lab to the Field

(2021) Daoliang Li et al.   Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

Posttranslational regulation of multiple clock-related transcription factors triggers cold-inducible gene expression in Arabidopsis

(2021) Satoshi Kidokoro et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mix and match: Patchwork domain evolution of the land plant-specific Ca2+-permeable mechanosensitive channel MCA

(2021) Kanae Nishii et al.   PLoS One

Cellular Phosphorylation Signaling and Gene Expression in Drought Stress Responses: ABA-Dependent and ABA-Independent Regulatory Systems

(2021) Fumiyuki Soma et al.   Plants-Basel

Histidine Kinases: Diverse Functions in Plant Development and Responses to Environmental Conditions

(2021) Xuan Lan Thi Hoang et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

How utilizing the genes involved in drought tolerance could tackle the climate change-related food crisis?

(2021) Angela Fernando et al.   Molecular Plant

Arabidopsis NPF4.6 and NPF5.1 Control Leaf Stomatal Aperture by Regulating Abscisic Acid Transport

(2021) Takafumi Shimizu et al.   Genes

Abiotic stress responses in plants

(2021) Huiming Zhang et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Inter‐tissue and inter‐organ signaling in drought stress response and phenotyping of drought tolerance

(2021) Takashi Kuromori et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

MCAs in Arabidopsis are Ca2+-permeable mechanosensitive channels inherently sensitive to membrane tension

(2021) Kenjiro Yoshimura et al.   Nature Communications

Hydrogen peroxide sensor HPCA1 is an LRR receptor kinase in Arabidopsis

(2020) Feihua Wu et al.   NATURE

DREB1A/CBF3 is repressed by transgene-induced DNA methylation in the Arabidopsis ice1-1 mutant

(2020) Satoshi Kidokoro et al.   PLANT CELL

SCREAMing Twist on the Role of ICE1 in Freezing Tolerance

(2020) Michael Thomashow et al.   PLANT CELL

MAP3Kinase-dependent SnRK2-kinase activation is required for abscisic acid signal transduction and rapid osmotic stress response

(2020) Yohei Takahashi et al.   Nature Communications

Decoding plant–environment interactions that influence crop agronomic traits

(2020) Keiichi Mochida et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Arabidopsis Raf‐like kinases act as positive regulators of subclass III SnRK2 in osmostress signaling

(2020) Shohei Katsuta et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Systemic signaling during abiotic stress combination in plants

(2020) Sara I. Zandalinas et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The physiology of plant responses to drought

(2020) Aditi Gupta et al.   SCIENCE

Plant Raf-like kinases regulate the mRNA population upstream of ABA-unresponsive SnRK2 kinases under drought stress

(2020) Fumiyuki Soma et al.   Nature Communications

Decoding ABA and osmostress signalling in plants from an evolutionary point of view

(2020) Kenji Komatsu et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

DNA demethylase ROS1 prevents inheritable DREB1A/CBF3 repression by transgene-induced promoter methylation in the Arabidopsis ice1-1 mutant

(2020) June-Sik Kim et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Drought Stress Responses and Resistance in Plants: From Cellular Responses to Long-Distance Intercellular Communication

(2020) Fuminori Takahashi et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Long‐distance stress and developmental signals associated with abscisic acid signaling in environmental responses

(2020) Takuya Yoshida et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Revisiting the Basal Role of ABA – Roles Outside of Stress

(2019) Takuya Yoshida et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Hormone-like peptides and small coding genes in plant stress signaling and development

(2019) Fuminori Takahashi et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Abscisic acid dynamics, signaling, and functions in plants

(2019) Kong Chen et al.   Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

RIPPS: A Plant Phenotyping System for Quantitative Evaluation of Growth under Controlled Environmental Stress Conditions

(2018) Miki Fujita et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

ER-Anchored Transcription Factors bZIP17 and bZIP28 Regulate Root Elongation

(2018) June-Sik Kim et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

ABA Transport and Plant Water Stress Responses

(2018) Takashi Kuromori et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

A small peptide modulates stomatal control via abscisic acid in long-distance signalling

(2018) Fuminori Takahashi et al.   NATURE

Heat-induced inhibition of phosphorylation of the stress-protective transcription factor DREB2A promotes thermotolerance of Arabidopsis thaliana

(2018) Junya Mizoi et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Arabidopsis thaliana NGATHA1 transcription factor induces ABA biosynthesis by activating NCED3 gene during dehydration stress

(2018) Hikaru Sato et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Rapid Responses to Abiotic Stress: Priming the Landscape for the Signal Transduction Network

(2018) Hannes Kollist et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Structure of the hyperosmolality-gated calcium-permeable channel OSCA1.2

(2018) Xin Liu et al.   Nature Communications

OSCA/TMEM63 are an evolutionarily conserved family of mechanically activated ion channels

(2018) Swetha E Murthy et al.   eLife

Long-distance signaling in plant stress response

(2018) Fuminori Takahashi et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Toward the Genetic Improvement of Drought Tolerance in Crops

(2017) Kazuo NAKASHIMA et al.   JARQ-JAPAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH QUARTERLY

Overexpression of an Arabidopsis thaliana galactinol synthase gene improves drought tolerance in transgenic rice and increased grain yield in the field

(2017) Michael Gomez Selvaraj et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Different Cold-Signaling Pathways Function in the Responses to Rapid and Gradual Decreases in Temperature

(2017) Satoshi Kidokoro et al.   PLANT CELL

Analysis of plant hormone profiles in response to moderate dehydration stress

(2017) Kaoru Urano et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Orchestrating rapid long-distance signaling in plants with Ca2+ , ROS and electrical signals

(2017) Won-Gyu Choi et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

BPM-CUL3 E3 ligase modulates thermotolerance by facilitating negative regulatory domain-mediated degradation of DREB2A inArabidopsis

(2017) Kyoko Morimoto et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Transcriptional Regulatory Network of Plant Heat Stress Response

(2017) Naohiko Ohama et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Molecular, physiological, and agronomical characterization, in greenhouse and in field conditions, of soybean plants genetically modified with AtGolS2 gene for drought tolerance

(2016) Patricia T. Honna et al.   MOLECULAR BREEDING

Overexpression of AtABCG25 enhances the abscisic acid signal in guard cells and improves plant water use efficiency

(2016) Takashi Kuromori et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Identification of Arabidopsis thaliana NRT1/PTR FAMILY (NPF) proteins capable of transporting plant hormones

(2015) Yasutaka Chiba et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH

DUF221 proteins are a family of osmosensitive calcium-permeable cation channels conserved across eukaryotes

(2014) Congcong Hou et al.   CELL RESEARCH

A DTX/MATE-Type Transporter Facilitates Abscisic Acid Efflux and Modulates ABA Sensitivity and Drought Tolerance in Arabidopsis

(2014) Haiwen Zhang et al.   Molecular Plant

OSCA1 mediates osmotic-stress-evoked Ca2+ increases vital for osmosensing in Arabidopsis

(2014) Fang Yuan et al.   NATURE

Intertissue Signal Transfer of Abscisic Acid from Vascular Cells to Guard Cells

(2014) T. Kuromori et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Induced over-expression of AtDREB2A CA improves drought tolerance in sugarcane

(2014) Rafaela Ribeiro Reis et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Hydraulic signals in long-distance signaling

(2013) Alexander Christmann et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Genetics and Phosphoproteomics Reveal a Protein Phosphorylation Network in the Abscisic Acid Signaling Pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2013) T. Umezawa et al.   Science Signaling

Cell to whole-plant phenotyping: the best is yet to come

(2013) Stijn Dhondt et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

MYC2: The Master in Action

(2012) Kemal Kazan et al.   Molecular Plant

Identification of an abscisic acid transporter by functional screening using the receptor complex as a sensor

(2012) Y. Kanno et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

RNA regulation in plant abiotic stress responses

(2011) Kentaro Nakaminami et al.   Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Role of miRNAs and siRNAs in biotic and abiotic stress responses of plants

(2011) Basel Khraiwesh et al.   Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Analysis of Cytokinin Mutants and Regulation of Cytokinin Metabolic Genes Reveals Important Regulatory Roles of Cytokinins in Drought, Salt and Abscisic Acid Responses, and Abscisic Acid Biosynthesis

(2011) Rie Nishiyama et al.   PLANT CELL

Arabidopsis mutants of AtABCG22, an ABC transporter gene, increase water transpiration and drought susceptibility

(2011) Takashi Kuromori et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Abscisic Acid: Emergence of a Core Signaling Network

(2010) Sean R. Cutler et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Molecular Basis of the Core Regulatory Network in ABA Responses: Sensing, Signaling and Transport

(2010) T. Umezawa et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Research on plant abiotic stress responses in the post-genome era: past, present and future

(2010) Takashi Hirayama et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

MCA1 and MCA2 That Mediate Ca2+ Uptake Have Distinct and Overlapping Roles in Arabidopsis

(2010) T. Yamanaka et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

ABC transporter AtABCG25 is involved in abscisic acid transport and responses

(2010) T. Kuromori et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

PDR-type ABC transporter mediates cellular uptake of the phytohormone abscisic acid

(2010) J. Kang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

In vitro reconstitution of an abscisic acid signalling pathway

(2009) Hiroaki Fujii et al.   NATURE

Structural basis of abscisic acid signalling

(2009) Ken-ichi Miyazono et al.   NATURE

Three SnRK2 Protein Kinases are the Main Positive Regulators of Abscisic Acid Signaling in Response to Water Stress in Arabidopsis

(2009) Yasunari Fujita et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Three Arabidopsis SnRK2 Protein Kinases, SRK2D/SnRK2.2, SRK2E/SnRK2.6/OST1 and SRK2I/SnRK2.3, Involved in ABA Signaling are Essential for the Control of Seed Development and Dormancy

(2009) Kazuo Nakashima et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

AREB1, AREB2, and ABF3 are master transcription factors that cooperatively regulate ABRE-dependent ABA signaling involved in drought stress tolerance and require ABA for full activation

(2009) Takuya Yoshida et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Type 2C protein phosphatases directly regulate abscisic acid-activated protein kinases in Arabidopsis

(2009) T. Umezawa et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Regulators of PP2C Phosphatase Activity Function as Abscisic Acid Sensors

(2009) Y. Ma et al.   SCIENCE

Abscisic Acid Inhibits Type 2C Protein Phosphatases via the PYR/PYL Family of START Proteins

(2009) S.-Y. Park et al.   SCIENCE

Analysis of the Arabidopsis Histidine Kinase ATHK1 Reveals a Connection between Vegetative Osmotic Stress Sensing and Seed Maturation

(2008) D. J. Wohlbach et al.   PLANT CELL

Arabidopsis DREB2A-Interacting Proteins Function as RING E3 Ligases and Negatively Regulate Plant Drought Stress-Responsive Gene Expression

(2008) F. Qin et al.   PLANT CELL

Characterization of the ABA-regulated global responses to dehydration in Arabidopsis by metabolomics

(2008) Kaoru Urano et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Drought Induction of Arabidopsis 9-cis-Epoxycarotenoid Dioxygenase Occurs in Vascular Parenchyma Cells

(2008) A. Endo et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Galactinol and Raffinose Constitute a Novel Function to Protect Plants from Oxidative Damage

(2008) A. Nishizawa et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY