Nature Communications (Aug 2017)

Brassinosteroid signaling-dependent root responses to prolonged elevated ambient temperature

  • Sara Martins,
  • Alvaro Montiel-Jorda,
  • Anne Cayrel,
  • Stéphanie Huguet,
  • Christine Paysant-Le Roux,
  • Karin Ljung,
  • Grégory Vert

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00355-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Moderate heat stimulates the growth of Arabidopsis shoots in an auxin-dependent manner. Here, Martins et al. show that elevated ambient temperature modifies root growth by reducing the BRI1 brassinosteroid-receptor protein level and downregulating brassinosteroid signaling.