title: Environmental stress response in plants: the role of mitogen-activated protein kinases.
abstract: Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascades have essential roles in diverse intracellular signaling processes in plants, animals and yeasts. In plants, transcription of genes encoding protein kinases involved in MAPK cascades is upregulated by environmental stresses and plant hormones; in addition, MAPK-like kinase activities are transiently activated in response to environmental stresses. Consequently, MAPK cascades are now thought to have important roles in stress signal transduction pathways in higher plants.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology, Tsukuba Life Science Center, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mizoguchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ichimura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shinozaki
mesh_terms: D010766:Phosphorylation; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators / Q000378:metabolism; D010944:Plants / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D010937:Plant Growth Regulators; D011494:Protein Kinases