GAI Functions in the Plant Response to Dehydration Stress in Arabidopsis thaliana.
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SUBMITTER: Wang Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7037545 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
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GAI Functions in the Plant Response to Dehydration Stress in <i>Arabidopsis thaliana</i>.
Wang Zhijuan Z Liu Liu L Cheng Chunhong C Ren Ziyin Z Xu Shimin S Li Xia X
International journal of molecular sciences 20200127 3
DELLA (GAI/RGA/RGL1/RGL2/RGL3) proteins are key negative regulators in GA (gibberellin) signaling and are involved in regulating plant growth as a response to environmental stresses. It has been shown that the DELLA protein PROCERA (PRO) in tomato promotes drought tolerance, but its molecular mechanism remains unknown. Here, we showed that the <i>gai-1</i> (gibberellin insensitive 1) mutant (generated from the <i>gai</i>-<i>1</i> (L<i>er</i>) allele (with a 17 amino acid deletion within the DELL ...[more]
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