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ReviewGenes2021

Role of Basal ABA in Plant Growth and Development.

Benjamin P Brookbank, Jasmin Patel, Sonia Gazzarrini, Eiji Nambara

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Review in Genes, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 97 papers.

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97citing papers in PubMed
34.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

97 citing papers in PubMed, 217 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Benjamin P BrookbankDepartment of Cells and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M3S 3G5, Canada.
Jasmin PatelDepartment of Cells and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M3S 3G5, Canada.
Sonia GazzarriniDepartment of Cells and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M3S 3G5, Canada.
Eiji NambaraDepartment of Cells and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M3S 3G5, Canada.
University of Toronto · CAThe Scarborough Hospital · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Abscisic acid (ABA) regulates various aspects of plant physiology, including promoting seed dormancy and adaptive responses to abiotic and biotic stresses. In addition, ABA plays an im-portant role in growth and development under non-stressed conditions. This review summarizes phenotypes of ABA biosynthesis and signaling mutants to clarify the roles of basal ABA in growth and development. The promotive and inhibitive actions of ABA in growth are characterized by stunted and enhanced growth of ABA-deficient and insensitive mutants, respectively. Growth regulation by ABA is both promotive and inhibitive, depending on the context, such as concentrations, tissues, and environmental conditions. Basal ABA regulates local growth including hyponastic growth, skotomorphogenesis and lateral root growth. At the cellular level, basal ABA is essential for proper chloroplast biogenesis, central metabolism, and expression of cell-cycle genes. Basal ABA also regulates epidermis development in the shoot, by inhibiting stomatal development, and deposition of hydrophobic polymers like a cuticular wax layer covering the leaf surface. In the root, basal ABA is involved in xylem differentiation and suberization of the endodermis. Hormone crosstalk plays key roles in growth and developmental processes regulated by ABA. Phenotypes of ABA-deficient and insensitive mutants indicate prominent functions of basal ABA in plant growth and development.

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Abscisic AcidEthylenesMembrane LipidsPlant DevelopmentPlant StomataWaxesXylemAbscisic AcidcutinethyleneEthylenesMembrane LipidsWaxesABAchloroplast biogenesiscutinethylenehormone crosstalkhyponastic growthskotomorphogenesisstomatasuberinwaxxylem

Identifiers

PMID34946886
PMCPMC8700873
OpenAlexW3217174605

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