Unsaturation of Very-Long-Chain Ceramides Protects Plant from Hypoxia-Induced Damages by Modulating Ethylene Signaling in Arabidopsis

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Xie, Li Juan ^a   Chen, Qin Fang ^a   Chen, Mo Xian ^b   Yu, Lu Jun ^a   Huang, Li ^a   Chen, Liang ^a   Wang, Feng Zhu ^a   Xia, Fan Nv ^a   Zhu, Tian Ren ^a   Wu, Jian Xin ^a   Yin, Jian ^a   Liao, Bin ^a   Shi, Jianxin ^c   Zhang, Jian Hua ^b   Aharoni, Asaph ^d   Yao, Nan ^a   Shu, Wensheng ^a   Xiao, Shi ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; CERAMIDE SYNTHASE LOH1; CERAMIDE SYNTHASE LOH2; CERAMIDE SYNTHASE LOH3; ETHYLENE; LIPID; PHOSPHATIDIC ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN EIN2; PROTEIN EIN3; RECOMBINANT CTR1 PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERY LONG CHAIN CERAMIDE; CTR1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; LIPOSOME; PROTEIN KINASE; SPHINGOSINE ACYLTRANSFERASE;

ADH1 GENE; ADS2 GENE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTR1 1 GENE; CYP96A1 GENE; CYP96A12 GENE; CYP96A3 GENE; CYP96A4 GENE; DGK6 GENE; DPL1 GENE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GPAT3 GENE; HUP09 GENE; HYPOXIA; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; IPCS1 GENE; KSR2 GENE; LIGHT-DARK TEST; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID METABOLISM; LOH1 GENE; LOH2 GENE; LOH3 GENE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PDC1 GENE; PHENOTYPE; PIPLC1 GENE; PLANT; PLANT PROTECTION; PLANT SENSITIVITY; PLANT TOLERANCE; PROTECTION; ROSETTE FORMATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; ANOXIA; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHOTOPERIODICITY; SEEDLING;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS;

ANOXIA; ARABIDOPSIS; CERAMIDES; ETHYLENES; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOSOMES; PHOSPHATIDIC ACIDS; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINES; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINES; PHOTOPERIOD; PROTEIN KINASES; SEEDLINGS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPHINGOSINE N-ACYLTRANSFERASE;

EID: 84926394158     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005143     Document Type: Article

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