Heavy metal contamination of soil and water causing toxicity/stress has become one
important constraint to crop productivity and quality. This situation has further worsened by …

Background Basic leucine zipper (bZIP) genes encode transcription factors (TFs) that control
important biochemical and physiological processes in plants and all other eukaryotic …

Heat stress induces misfolded protein accumulation in endoplasmic reticulum (ER), which
initiates the unfolded protein response (UPR) in plants. Previous work has demonstrated the …

Hybrid sterility is a major form of postzygotic reproductive isolation that restricts gene flow
between populations. Cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.) consists of two subspecies, indica and …

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play an essential role in plant growth and responses to
environmental stresses. Plant cells sense and transduce ROS signaling directly via …

Background Transcription factors of the basic leucine zipper (bZIP) family represent
exclusively in eukaryotes and have been shown to regulate diverse biological processes in …

Grain chalkiness, an undesirable trait caused by complex factors, has great negative
impacts on the quality and economic value of rice. However, little is known about the …

The basic region/leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factors (TF s) play vital roles in the
response to abiotic stress. However, little is known about the function of bZIP genes in wheat …

Starch and storage proteins are the main components of rice (Oryza sativa L.) grains.
Despite their importance, the molecular regulatory mechanisms of storage protein and …

The unfolded protein response (UPR) activates a set of genes to overcome accumulation of
unfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), a condition termed ER stress, and …