ArticlePlant signaling & behavior2008
Is boron involved solely in structural roles in vascular plants?
Article in Plant signaling & behavior, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
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- Boron symbiotaxis: a new concept in host-microbiome communication.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Review
- Plant Growth Regulation in Cell and Tissue Culture In Vitro.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Boron homeostasis affects Longan yield: a study of NIP and BOR boron transporter of two cultivars.BMC plant biology · 2024Article
- Silicon EnhancesPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Physiological and iTRAQ-based quantitative proteomics analyses reveal the similarities and differences in stress responses between short-term boron deficiency and toxicity in wheat roots.Molecular biology reports · 2023Article
- What Can Boron Deficiency Symptoms Tell Us about Its Function and Regulation?Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Boron toxicity in higher plants: an update.Planta · 2019Review
- The Fructoborates: Part of a Family of Naturally Occurring Sugar-Borate Complexes-Biochemistry, Physiology, and Impact on Human Health: a Review.Biological trace element research · 2019Review
- Methylboronic acid fertilization alleviates boron deficiency symptoms in Arabidopsis thaliana.Planta · 2018Article
- The major facilitator superfamily transporter Knq1p modulates boron homeostasis in Kluyveromyces lactis.Folia microbiologica · 2016Article
- Cell wall remodeling under abiotic stress.Frontiers in plant science · 2014Review
- Transcription factors as potential participants in the signal transduction pathway of boron deficiency.Plant signaling & behavior · 2013Article
- Dissecting quantitative trait loci for boron efficiency across multiple environments in Brassica napus.PloS one · 2012Article
- Boron stress activates the general amino acid control mechanism and inhibits protein synthesis.PloS one · 2011Article
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Abstract
It is very well proved that boron (B) plays a primary structural role in the plant cell wall. In addition, this micronutrient has been involved in a great variety of physiological processes in vascular plants. It has been reported that B deficiency induces stress-responsive genes and, in tobacco plants, it seems to decrease net nitrate uptake by repressing expression of root plasmalemma H(+)-ATPase gene. Moreover, root asparagine concentration is clearly increased under B deficiency, as also observed for other abiotic stresses. Accumulation of asparagine in response to abiotic stresses could be an ammonium detoxification mechanism when high amounts of ammonium are internally generated by deamination of soluble amino acids released from enhanced proteolysis under stress conditions. Nevertheless, the mechanisms underlying the several effects caused by B deficiency are unknown. Although a mechanism has been reported to explain B effects based on signals via the cell wall-plasma membrane-cytoskeleton continuum, we propose and discuss the possible role of B as a cellular signal through transcription factors. This hypothetical mechanism could explain not only its diverse effects on so many physiological processes, but also that a negligible amount of boron into the protoplast can be decisive for the normal development of such events.
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