Editorial: Redox Homeostasis Managers in Plants under Environmental Stresses

Editorial: Redox Homeostasis Managers in Plants under Environmental Stresses

Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies and Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal, Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India, 3 School of Agricultural, Forestry, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy, 4 Plant Physiology, Dahlem Centre of Plant Sciences, Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin,...

Environmental Stresses Disrupt Telomere Length Homeostasis

Telomeres protect the chromosome ends from degradation and play crucial roles in cellular aging and disease. Recent studies have additionally found a correlation between psychological stress, telomere length, and health outcome in humans. However, studies have not yet explored the causal relationship between stress and telomere length, or the molecular mechanisms underlying that relationship. U...

Editorial: Plants' Responses to Novel Environmental Pressures

Polyamines as redox homeostasis regulators during salt stress in plants

The balance between accumulation of stress-induced polyamines and reactive oxygen species (ROS) is arguably a critical factor in plant tolerance to salt stress. Polyamines are compounds, which accumulate in plants under salt stress and help maintain cellular ROS homeostasis. In this review we first outline the role of polyamines in mediating salt stress responses through their modulation of red...

Signal transduction pathways under abiotic stresses in plants

All abiotic stresses reduce plant growth and yield. The products of stress-inducible genes which could be directly protecting against these stresses include the enzymes responsible for the synthesis of various osmoprotectants like late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins, antifreeze proteins, chaperones and detoxification enzymes. Another group of gene products involved in gene expression and...