title: Are karrikins involved in plant abiotic stress responses?
abstract: Recent reports have shown that strigolactones play a positive role in plant responses to drought and salt stress through MAX2 (More Axillary Growth 2). Increasing evidence suggests that MAX2 is also involved in karrikin signaling, raising the question whether karrikins play any role in plant adaptation to abiotic stresses.
authors.affiliation: Signaling Pathway Research Unit, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 1-7-22, Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan.
authors.forename: Weiqiang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Signaling Pathway Research Unit, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 1-7-22, Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan. Electronic address: son.tran@riken.jp.
authors.forename: Lam-Son Phan
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Tran
mesh_terms: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D055864:Droughts; D005663:Furans / Q000378:metabolism*; D019684:Magnoliopsida / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D011714:Pyrans / Q000378:metabolism*; D055049:Salt Tolerance; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013312:Stress, Physiological
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D005663:Furans; C435920:MAX2 protein, Arabidopsis; D010940:Plant Proteins; D011714:Pyrans
keywords: abiotic stress responses; karrikins; strigolactones