Molecular mechanisms underlying phosphate sensing, signaling, and adaptation in plants

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 192-220

  Zhang, Zhaoliang ^a   Liao, Hong ^b   Lucas, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Crop engineering strategies; Hormone networks; Local and long distance sensing; P use efficiency; Phosphate; Stress responses; Systemic signaling; Transcriptional regulation; Transport systems

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CROP PLANT; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHATE; RNA; ROOT SYSTEM; SIGNALING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; PHOSPHATE;

ADAPTATION; CROP ENGINEERING STRATEGIES; GENETICS; HORMONE NETWORKS; LOCAL AND LONG-DISTANCE SENSING; METABOLISM; P USE EFFICIENCY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS RESPONSES; SYSTEMIC SIGNALING; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION; TRANSPORT SYSTEMS;

ADAPTATION; CROP ENGINEERING STRATEGIES; HORMONE NETWORKS; LOCAL AND LONG-DISTANCE SENSING; P USE EFFICIENCY; PHOSPHATE; STRESS RESPONSES; SYSTEMIC SIGNALING; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION; TRANSPORT SYSTEMS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHATES; PLANTS; RNA, LONG NONCODING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84895887723     PISSN: 16729072     EISSN: 17447909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jipb.12163     Document Type: Review

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