Cytokinin at the Crossroads of Abiotic Stress Signalling Pathways
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Department of Molecular Biology and Radiobiology, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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CEITEC—Central European Institute of Technology, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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Institute of Biophysics AS CR, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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Phytophthora Research Centre, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2018, 19(8), 2450; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19082450
Received: 27 July 2018
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Revised: 14 August 2018
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Accepted: 17 August 2018
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Published: 19 August 2018
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Phytohormones and Their Crosstalk during Plant Growth, Development and Environmental Stress Adaptation)
Cytokinin is a multifaceted plant hormone that plays major roles not only in diverse plant growth and development processes, but also stress responses. We summarize knowledge of the roles of its metabolism, transport, and signalling in responses to changes in levels of both macronutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, sulphur) and micronutrients (boron, iron, silicon, selenium). We comment on cytokinin’s effects on plants’ xenobiotic resistance, and its interactions with light, temperature, drought, and salinity signals. Further, we have compiled a list of abiotic stress-related genes and demonstrate that their expression patterns overlap with those of cytokinin metabolism and signalling genes.
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Keywords:
cytokinin; abiotic stress; temperature; drought; nutrient; stress tolerance
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Pavlů, J.; Novák, J.; Koukalová, V.; Luklová, M.; Brzobohatý, B.; Černý, M. Cytokinin at the Crossroads of Abiotic Stress Signalling Pathways. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2018, 19, 2450. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19082450
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Pavlů J, Novák J, Koukalová V, Luklová M, Brzobohatý B, Černý M. Cytokinin at the Crossroads of Abiotic Stress Signalling Pathways. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2018; 19(8):2450. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19082450
Chicago/Turabian StylePavlů, Jaroslav, Jan Novák, Vladěna Koukalová, Markéta Luklová, Břetislav Brzobohatý, and Martin Černý. 2018. "Cytokinin at the Crossroads of Abiotic Stress Signalling Pathways" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 19, no. 8: 2450. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19082450
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