Sustaining energy homeostasis is crucial to every living being. To balance energy supply
and demand, plants make use of an evolutionarily conserved management system …

The leaf vasculature plays a key role in solute translocation. Veins consist of at least seven
distinct cell types, with specific roles in transport, metabolism, and signaling. Little is known …

Artemisinin, also known as qinghaosu, a sesquiterpene endoperoxide lactone isolated from
the Chinese medicinal plant Artemisia annua L., is the most effective antimalarial drug which …

Background Transcription factors of the basic leucine zipper (bZIP) family control important
processes in all eukaryotes. In plants, bZIPs are regulators of many central developmental …

bZIP proteins are one of the largest transcriptional regulators playing crucial roles in plant
development, physiological processes, and biotic/abiotic stress responses. Despite the …

The basic region/leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factors (TF s) play vital roles in the
response to abiotic stress. However, little is known about the function of bZIP genes in wheat …

Plant bZIP transcription factors play crucial roles in multiple biological processes. However,
little is known about the sorghum bZIP gene family although the sorghum genome has been …

Basic leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factor plays an important role in various biological
processes, such as response to biotic and abiotic stresses. In this study we performed a …

Flowering time, or heading date, is a critical agronomic trait that determines the cropping
season and regional adaptability, and ultimately grain yield in rice. A number of genes …

Glucose modulates plant metabolism, growth, and development. In Arabidopsis
(Arabidopsis thaliana), Hexokinase1 (HXK1) is a glucose sensor that may trigger abscisic …