Polyamines: molecules with regulatory functions in plant abiotic stress tolerance

@article{Alczar2010PolyaminesMW,
  title={Polyamines: molecules with regulatory functions in plant abiotic stress tolerance},
  author={Rub{\'e}n Alc{\'a}zar and Teresa Altabella and Francisco Marco and Cristina Bortolotti and Matthieu Reymond and Csaba Koncz and Pedro Carrasco and Antonio Fern{\'a}ndez Tiburcio},
  journal={Planta},
  year={2010},
  volume={231},
  pages={1237-1249}
}
Early studies on plant polyamine research pointed to their involvement in responses to different environmental stresses. During the last few years, genetic, transcriptomic and metabolomic approaches have unravelled key functions of different polyamines in the regulation of abiotic stress tolerance. Nevertheless, the precise molecular mechanism(s) by which polyamines control plant responses to stress stimuli are largely unknown. Recent studies indicate that polyamine signalling is involved in… 
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