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ArticleNature plants2021

Synergistic interplay of ABA and BR signal in regulating plant growth and adaptation.

Qianqian Li, Fan Xu, Zhuo Chen, Zhenfeng Teng, Kai Sun, Xiancai Li, Jianyuan Yu, Guoxia Zhang, Yan Liang, Xiahe Huang and 5 more

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Article in Nature plants, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers.

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48 citing papers in PubMed, 110 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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15 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Qianqian LiState Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, and the Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Fan XuState Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, and the Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Zhuo ChenState Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, and the Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Zhenfeng TengState Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, and the Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Kai SunState Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, and the Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Xiancai LiState Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, and the Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Jianyuan YuState Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, and the Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Guoxia ZhangState Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, and the Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Yan LiangState Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, and the Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Xiahe HuangState Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Lin DuState Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, and the Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Yangwen QianBiogle Genome Editing Center, Changzhou, China.
Yingchun WangState Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Chengcai ChuState Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, and the Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. ccchu@genetics.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8097-6115
Jiuyou TangState Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, and the Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. jytang@genetics.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9059-2139
Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNState Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Complex antagonistic interactions between abscisic acid (ABA) and brassinosteroid (BR) signalling pathways have been widely documented. However, whether or how ABA interacts synergistically with BR in plants remains to be elucidated. Here, we report that low, but not high, concentration of ABA increases lamina joint inclination of rice seedling, which requires functional BR biosynthesis and signalling. Transcriptome analyses confirm that about 60% of low-concentration ABA early response genes can be regulated by BR in the same directions. ABA activates BR signal in a fast, limited and short-term manner and the BR-biosynthesis regulatory gene, OsGSR1, plays a key role during this process, whose expression is induced slightly by ABA through transcriptional factor ABI3. Moreover, the early short-term BR signal activation is also important for ABA-mediated salt stress tolerance. Intriguingly, the process and effect of short-term BR signal activation were covered by high concentration of ABA, implying adaptive mechanisms existed in plants to cope with varying degrees of stress.

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Abscisic AcidAdaptation, PhysiologicalBrassinosteroidsCrops, AgriculturalGene Expression Regulation, PlantGenetic VariationGenotypeOryzaPlant DevelopmentPlant Growth RegulatorsSalt ToleranceSeedlingsSignal TransductionStress, PhysiologicalTranscription FactorsAbscisic AcidBrassinosteroidsPlant Growth RegulatorsTranscription Factors

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PMID34226689
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