title: Plant GABA: Not Just a Metabolite.
abstract: γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) accumulates rapidly when plants are exposed to stress. Whether GABA accumulation represents the regulation of metabolism in response to stress or an adaptive response to mitigate stress is unknown. Genetic manipulation of GABA levels has revealed that GABA accumulation functions in defense against drought and insect herbivory.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada.
authors.forename: Alan W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Bown
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada. Electronic address: bshelp@uoguelph.ca.
authors.forename: Barry J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Shelp
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D003681:Dehydration / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D060434:Herbivory; D007313:Insecta; D027361:Organic Anion Transporters / Q000502:physiology; D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism*; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D027361:Organic Anion Transporters; C501257:malate transporter protein, Arabidopsis; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid