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ReviewPlants (Basel, Switzerland)2021

γ-Aminobutyrate (GABA) Regulated Plant Defense: Mechanisms and Opportunities.

Barry J Shelp, Morteza Soleimani Aghdam, Edward J Flaherty

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In one paragraph

Review in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
53citing papers in PubMed
17.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

53 citing papers in PubMed, 133 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Barry J ShelpDepartment of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-6568-814X
Morteza Soleimani AghdamDepartment of Horticultural Science, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin 34148-96818, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-1586-347X
Edward J FlahertyDepartment of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.
University of Guelph · CAImam Khomeini International University · IR

Funding

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada 400367
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Global climate change and associated adverse abiotic and biotic stress conditions affect plant growth and development, and agricultural sustainability in general. Abiotic and biotic stresses reduce respiration and associated energy generation in mitochondria, resulting in the elevated production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which are employed to transmit cellular signaling information in response to the changing conditions. Excessive ROS accumulation can contribute to cell damage and death. Production of the non-protein amino acid γ-aminobutyrate (GABA) is also stimulated, resulting in partial restoration of respiratory processes and energy production. Accumulated GABA can bind directly to the aluminum-activated malate transporter and the guard cell outward rectifying K

Indexed as

abiotic stressantioxidantsbiostimulantsbiotic stressGABAmetabolismphytohormonesreactive oxygen speciessignalingtricarboxylic acid cycle

Identifiers

PMID34579473
PMCPMC8468876
OpenAlexW3200489130

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