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The Brassinosteroid Signaling Pathway—New Key Players and Interconnections with Other Signaling Networks Crucial for Plant Development and Stress Tolerance

Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biology and Environment Protection, University of Silesia, Jagiellonska 28, Katowice 40-032, Poland
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2013, 14(5), 8740-8774; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms14058740
Received: 1 February 2013 / Revised: 1 April 2013 / Accepted: 2 April 2013 / Published: 24 April 2013
(This article belongs to the Section Biochemistry)
Brassinosteroids (BRs) are a class of steroid hormones regulating a wide range of physiological processes during the plant life cycle from seed development to the modulation of flowering and senescence. The last decades, and recent years in particular, have witnessed a significant advance in the elucidation of the molecular mechanisms of BR signaling from perception by the transmembrane receptor complex to the regulation of transcription factors influencing expression of the target genes. Application of the new approaches shed light on the molecular functions of the key players regulating the BR signaling cascade and allowed identification of new factors. Recent studies clearly indicated that some of the components of BR signaling pathway act as multifunctional proteins involved in other signaling networks regulating diverse physiological processes, such as photomorphogenesis, cell death control, stomatal development, flowering, plant immunity to pathogens and metabolic responses to stress conditions, including salinity. Regulation of some of these processes is mediated through a crosstalk between BR signalosome and the signaling cascades of other hormones, including auxin, abscisic acid, ethylene and salicylic acid. Unravelling the complicated mechanisms of BR signaling and its interconnections with other molecular networks may be of great importance for future practical applications in agriculture. View Full-Text
Keywords: arabidopsis; brassinosteroids; cross-talk; hormones; pathogen-resistance; signaling; stress tolerance arabidopsis; brassinosteroids; cross-talk; hormones; pathogen-resistance; signaling; stress tolerance
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Gruszka, D. The Brassinosteroid Signaling Pathway—New Key Players and Interconnections with Other Signaling Networks Crucial for Plant Development and Stress Tolerance. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2013, 14, 8740-8774. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms14058740

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Gruszka D. The Brassinosteroid Signaling Pathway—New Key Players and Interconnections with Other Signaling Networks Crucial for Plant Development and Stress Tolerance. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2013; 14(5):8740-8774. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms14058740

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Gruszka, Damian. 2013. "The Brassinosteroid Signaling Pathway—New Key Players and Interconnections with Other Signaling Networks Crucial for Plant Development and Stress Tolerance" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 14, no. 5: 8740-8774. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms14058740

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