Reactive oxygen species (ROS), by their very nature, are highly reactive, and it is no
surprise that they can cause damage to organic molecules. In cells, ROS are produced as …

A general picture of the role of expression divergence in the evolution of duplicate genes is
emerging, thanks to the availability of completely sequenced genomes and functional …

Background Roots are an attractive system for genomic and post-genomic studies of NaCl
responses, due to their primary importance to agriculture, and because of their relative …

Plant mitochondria contain non-phosphorylating bypasses of the respiratory chain,
catalysed by the alternative oxidase (AOX) and alternative NADH dehydrogenases (NDH) …

Salicylic acid (SA) is a stress-induced hormone involved in the activation of defense genes.
Here we analyzed the early genetic responses to SA of wild type and npr1-1 mutant …

Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are widely present in different species and play critical
roles in response to abiotic stresses. However, the functions of lncRNAs in Chinese …

Drought stress is one of the disadvantageous environmental conditions for plant growth and
reproduction. Given the importance of abscisic acid (ABA) to plant growth and abiotic stress …

Major latex-like proteins (MLPs) have been identified in dicots and monocots. They are
members of the birch pollen allergen Bet v 1 family as well as pathogenesis-related proteins …

Oxidized lipids in plants comprise a variety of reactive electrophiles that contain an α, β-
unsaturated carbonyl group. While some of these compounds are formed enzymatically …

The activation of the oxidative metabolism in plants under low oxygen conditions has
prompted controversial views. The presence of a ROS component in the transcriptome in …