| Literature DB >> 22105026 |
Murilo S Alves1, Elizabeth P B Fontes, Luciano G Fietto.
Abstract
The Early Responsive to Dehydration (ERD) genes are defined as those genes that are rapidly activated during drought stress. The encoded proteins show a great structural and functional diversity, with a particular class of proteins acting as connectors of stress response pathways. Recent studies have shown that ERD15 proteins from different species of plants operate in cross-talk among different response pathways. In this mini-review, we show the recent progress on the functional role of this diverse family of proteins and demonstrate that a soybean ERD15 homolog can act as a connector in stress response pathways that trigger a programmed cell death signal.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 22105026 PMCID: PMC3337193 DOI: 10.4161/psb.6.12.18268
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Plant Signal Behav ISSN: 1559-2316