Resumen
A direct role for cholesterol signaling in mammals is clearly established; yet, the direct role in signaling for a plant sterol or sterol precursor is unclear. Fluctuations in sitosterol and stigmasterol levels during development and stress conditions suggest their involvement in signaling activities essential for plant development and stress compensation. Stigmasterol may be involved in gravitropism and tolerance to abiotic stress. The isolation of stigmasterol biosynthesis mutants offers a promising tool to test the function of sterol end products in signaling responses to developmental and environmental cues.
| Idioma original | English |
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| Número de artículo | 354 |
| Publicación | Frontiers in Plant Science |
| Volumen | 10 |
| DOI | |
| Estado | Published - mar 22 2019 |
Nota bibliográfica
Publisher Copyright:© 2019 Aboobucker and Suza.
Financiación
This work was financially supported by USAID project iAGRI (grant no. 621-A-00-11-000090-00).
| Financiadores | Número del financiador |
|---|---|
| United States Agency for International Development | 621-A-00-11-000090-00 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Plant Science
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