Going beyond nutrition: regulation of potassium homoeostasis as a common denominator of plant adaptive responses to environment

U Anschütz, D Becker, S Shabala - Journal of plant physiology, 2014 - Elsevier
Partially and fully completed plant genome sequencing projects in both lower and higher
plants allow drawing a comprehensive picture of the molecular and structural diversities of …

Role of phosphate fertilizers in heavy metal uptake and detoxification of toxic metals

DK Gupta, S Chatterjee, S Datta, V Veer, C Walther - Chemosphere, 2014 - Elsevier
As a nonrenewable resource, phosphorus (P) is the second most important macronutrient for
plant growth and nutrition. Demand of phosphorus application in the agricultural production …

The role of a potassium transporter OsHAK5 in potassium acquisition and transport from roots to shoots in rice at low potassium supply levels

T Yang, S Zhang, Y Hu, F Wu, Q Hu, G Chen… - Plant …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
In plants, K transporter (KT)/high affinity K transporter (HAK)/K uptake permease (KUP) is the
largest potassium (K) transporter family; however, few of the members have had their …

Mn-euvering manganese: the role of transporter gene family members in manganese uptake and mobilization in plants

AL Socha, ML Guerinot - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Manganese (Mn), an essential trace element, is important for plant health. In plants, Mn
serves as a cofactor in essential processes such as photosynthesis, lipid biosynthesis and …

Transport, signaling, and homeostasis of potassium and sodium in plants

E Adams, R Shin - Journal of integrative plant biology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Potassium (K+) is an essential macronutrient in plants and a lack of K+ significantly reduces
the potential for plant growth and development. By contrast, sodium (Na+), while beneficial …

Investigating the toxicity, uptake, nanoparticle formation and genetic response of plants to gold

AF Taylor, EL Rylott, CWN Anderson, NC Bruce - PLOS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
We have studied the physiological and genetic responses of Arabidopsis thaliana
L.(Arabidopsis) to gold. The root lengths of Arabidopsis seedlings grown on nutrient agar …

Polyamines control of cation transport across plant membranes: implications for ion homeostasis and abiotic stress signaling

I Pottosin, S Shabala - Frontiers in plant science, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Polyamines are unique polycationic metabolites, controlling a variety of vital functions in
plants, including growth and stress responses. Over the last two decades a bulk of data was …

Coordination between zinc and phosphate homeostasis involves the transcription factor PHR1, the phosphate exporter PHO1, and its homologue PHO1; H3 in …

GA Khan, S Bouraine, S Wege, Y Li… - Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Interactions between zinc (Zn) and phosphate (Pi) nutrition in plants have long been
recognized, but little information is available on their molecular bases and biological …

Signaling in cells and organisms—calcium holds the line

L Steinhorst, J Kudla - Current opinion in plant biology, 2014 - Elsevier
Highlights•Ca 2+ and ROS are important cellular second messengers in plants.•Ca 2+, ROS
and changes in membrane potential (WASPs) contribute to cell-to-cell …

Phosphate and zinc transport and signalling in plants: toward a better understanding of their homeostasis interaction

N Bouain, Z Shahzad, A Rouached… - Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Inorganic phosphate (Pi) and zinc (Zn) are two essential nutrients for plant growth. In soils,
these two minerals are either present in low amounts or are poorly available to plants …