Basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factors regulate a wide range of functions in Arabidopsis

Y Hao, X Zong, P Ren, Y Qian, A Fu - International Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factor family is one of the largest transcription
factor gene families in Arabidopsis thaliana, and contains a bHLH motif that is highly …

Current understanding of bHLH transcription factors in plant abiotic stress tolerance

J Guo, B Sun, H He, Y Zhang, H Tian… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Named for the characteristic basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) region in their protein structure,
bHLH proteins are a widespread transcription factor class in eukaryotes. bHLHs …

Trace metal metabolism in plants

E Andresen, E Peiter, H Küpper - Journal of experimental botany, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Many trace metals are essential micronutrients, but also potent toxins. Due to natural and
anthropogenic causes, vastly different trace metal concentrations occur in various habitats …

Iron uptake, signaling, and sensing in plants

G Liang - Plant Communications, 2022 - cell.com
Iron (Fe) is an essential micronutrient that affects the growth and development of plants
because it participates as a cofactor in numerous physiological and biochemical reactions …

Heavy metal tolerance in plants: role of transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and ionomics

S Singh, P Parihar, R Singh, VP Singh… - Frontiers in plant …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Heavy metal contamination of soil and water causing toxicity/stress has become one
important constraint to crop productivity and quality. This situation has further worsened by …

Iron transport and its regulation in plants

T Kobayashi, T Nozoye, NK Nishizawa - Free Radical Biology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Iron is an essential element for plants as well as other organisms, functioning in various
cellular processes, including respiration, chlorophyll biosynthesis, and photosynthesis …

Iron homeostasis in plants–a brief overview

JM Connorton, J Balk, J Rodríguez-Celma - Metallomics, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Iron plays a crucial role in biochemistry and is an essential micronutrient for plants and
humans alike. Although plentiful in the Earth's crust it is not usually found in a form readily …

Regulatory mechanisms of bHLH transcription factors in plant adaptive responses to various abiotic stresses

Y Qian, T Zhang, Y Yu, L Gou, J Yang, J Xu… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Basic helix-loop-helix proteins (bHLHs) comprise one of the largest families of transcription
factors in plants. They have been shown to be involved in responses to various abiotic …

All together now: regulation of the iron deficiency response

N Riaz, ML Guerinot - Journal of Experimental Botany, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Iron (Fe) is one of the essential micronutrients required by both plants and animals. In
humans, Fe deficiency causes anemia, the most prevalent nutritional disorder. Most people …

Iron uptake, translocation, and regulation in higher plants

T Kobayashi, NK Nishizawa - Annual review of plant biology, 2012 - annualreviews.org
Iron is essential for the survival and proliferation of all plants. Higher plants have developed
two distinct strategies to acquire iron, which is only slightly soluble, from the rhizosphere: the …