Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants: Brassinosteroids Navigate Competently
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Brassinosteroid Signaling Cascade
2.1. Jump-Start of BRI1 Receptor Kinase by Brassinosteroid
2.2. Interaction of BRI1 with Receptor Complex Associates
2.3. Joining the Dots to Complete the BR Signaling Cascade
3. Signaling and Regulation by BRs (Endogenous and Exogenous) in Plants under Abiotic Stress
3.1. BRs in Mitigating Heat and Cold Stress
3.1.1. Heat Stress
3.1.2. Cold Stress
3.1.3. Drought Stress
3.1.4. Salinity Stress
3.1.5. Heavy Metal Stress
4. Future Prospects
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Chaudhuri, A.; Halder, K.; Abdin, M.Z.; Majee, M.; Datta, A. Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants: Brassinosteroids Navigate Competently. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2022, 23, 14577. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232314577
Chaudhuri A, Halder K, Abdin MZ, Majee M, Datta A. Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants: Brassinosteroids Navigate Competently. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2022; 23(23):14577. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232314577
Chicago/Turabian StyleChaudhuri, Abira, Koushik Halder, Malik Z. Abdin, Manoj Majee, and Asis Datta. 2022. "Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants: Brassinosteroids Navigate Competently" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23, no. 23: 14577. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232314577