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Nitric oxide: Its generation and interactions with other reactive signaling compounds (2019)
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Hancock, J. T., & Neill, S. J. (2019). Nitric oxide: Its generation and interactions with other reactive signaling compounds. Plants, 8(2), 41. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants8020041

Nitric oxide (NO) is an immensely important signaling molecule in animals and plants. It is involved in plant reproduction, development, key physiological responses such as stomatal closure, and cell death. One of the controversies of NO metabolism i... Read More about Nitric oxide: Its generation and interactions with other reactive signaling compounds.

Elevated CO2-Induced Responses in Stomata Require ABA and ABA Signaling (2015)
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Chater, C., Peng, K., Movahedi, M., Dunn, J. A., Walker, H. J., Liang, Y., …Hetherington, A. M. (2015). Elevated CO2-Induced Responses in Stomata Require ABA and ABA Signaling. Current Biology, 25(20), 2709-2716. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.09.013

© 2015 The Authors. An integral part of global environment change is an increase in the atmospheric concentration of CO2 ([CO2]) [1]. Increased [CO2] reduces leaf stomatal apertures and density of stomata that plays out as reductions in evapotranspir... Read More about Elevated CO2-Induced Responses in Stomata Require ABA and ABA Signaling.

Nitric oxide and ABA in the control of plant function (2011)
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Hancock, J. T., Neill, S., & Wilson, I. D. (2011). Nitric oxide and ABA in the control of plant function. Plant Science, 181(5), 555-559. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2011.03.017

Abscisic acid (ABA) and nitric oxide (NO) are both extremely important signalling molecules employed by plants to control many aspects of physiology. ABA has been extensively studied in the mechanisms which control stomatal movement as well as in see... Read More about Nitric oxide and ABA in the control of plant function.

Overexpression of OsRAN2 in rice and Arabidopsis renders transgenic plants hypersensitive to salinity and osmotic stress (2010)
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Zang, A., Xu, X., Neill, S., & Cai, W. (2010). Overexpression of OsRAN2 in rice and Arabidopsis renders transgenic plants hypersensitive to salinity and osmotic stress. Journal of Experimental Botany, 61(3), 777-789. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erp341

Nucleo-cytoplasmic partitioning of regulatory proteins is increasingly being recognized as a major control mechanism for the regulation of signalling in plants. Ras-related nuclear protein (Ran) GTPase is required for regulating transport of proteins... Read More about Overexpression of OsRAN2 in rice and Arabidopsis renders transgenic plants hypersensitive to salinity and osmotic stress.

Fungal elicitor Pep-25 increases cytosolic calcium ions, H 2O2 production and activates the octadecanoid pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana (2009)
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Hu, X., Neill, S., Yang, Y., & Cai, W. (2009). Fungal elicitor Pep-25 increases cytosolic calcium ions, H 2O2 production and activates the octadecanoid pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana. Planta, 229(6), 1201-1208. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-009-0909-3

Transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana plants expressing the protein aequorin were used to investigate the transient change in cytosolic calcium ions caused by stimulation through the fungal elicitor Pep-25. Our results show that the elicitor Pep-25 derived... Read More about Fungal elicitor Pep-25 increases cytosolic calcium ions, H 2O2 production and activates the octadecanoid pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Role of nitric oxide in regulating stomatal apertures (2009)
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Wilson, I. D., Ribeiro, D. M., Bright, J., Confraria, A., Harrison, J., Barros, R. S., …Hancock, J. T. (2009). Role of nitric oxide in regulating stomatal apertures. Plant Signaling and Behavior, 4(5), 467-469. https://doi.org/10.4161/psb.4.5.8545

During stomatal closure, nitric oxide (NO) operates as one of the key intermediates in the complex, abscisic acid (ABA)-mediated, guard cell signaling network that regulates this process. However, data concerning the role of NO in stomatal closure th... Read More about Role of nitric oxide in regulating stomatal apertures.

Differential requirement for NO during ABA-induced stomatal closure in turgid and wilted leaves (2009)
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Harrison, J., Ribeiro, D. M., Desikan, R., Bright, J., Confraria, A., Hancock, J. T., …Wilson, I. D. (2009). Differential requirement for NO during ABA-induced stomatal closure in turgid and wilted leaves. Plant, Cell and Environment, 32(1), 46-57. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3040.2008.01906.x

Abscisic acid (ABA)-induced stomatal closure is mediated by a complex, guard cell signalling network involving nitric oxide (NO) as a key intermediate. However, there is a lack of information concerning the role of NO in the ABA-enhanced stomatal clo... Read More about Differential requirement for NO during ABA-induced stomatal closure in turgid and wilted leaves.

Proteomic analysis of a compatible interaction between Pisum sativum (pea) and the downy mildew pathogen Peronospora viciae (2008)
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Amey, R., Schleicher, T., Slinn, J., Lewis, M., Macdonald, H., Neill, S., & Spencer-Phillips, P. T. (2008). Proteomic analysis of a compatible interaction between Pisum sativum (pea) and the downy mildew pathogen Peronospora viciae. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 122(1), 41-55. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10658-008-9313-2

A proteomic approach was used to identify host proteins altering in abundance during Peronospora viciae infection of a susceptible cultivar of pea (Pisum sativum cv. Livioletta). Proteins were extracted from fully developed pea leaflets at 4 days pos... Read More about Proteomic analysis of a compatible interaction between Pisum sativum (pea) and the downy mildew pathogen Peronospora viciae.

The histidine kinase AHK5 integrates endogenous and environmental signals in Arabidopsis guard cells (2008)
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Desikan, R., Horák, J., Chaban, C., Mira-Rodado, V., Witthöft, J., Elgass, K., …Harter, K. (2008). The histidine kinase AHK5 integrates endogenous and environmental signals in Arabidopsis guard cells. PLoS ONE, 3(6), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002491

Background: Stomatal guard cells monitor and respond to environmental and endogenous signals such that the stomatal aperture is continually optimised for water use efficiency. A key signalling molecule produced in guard cells in response to plant hor... Read More about The histidine kinase AHK5 integrates endogenous and environmental signals in Arabidopsis guard cells.

Expression analysis of Arabidopsis vacuolar sorting receptor 3 reveals a putative function in guard cells (2008)
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Avila, E. L., Brown, M., Pan, S., Desikan, R., Neill, S., Girke, T., …Raikhel, N. V. (2008). Expression analysis of Arabidopsis vacuolar sorting receptor 3 reveals a putative function in guard cells. Journal of Experimental Botany, 59(6), 1149-1161. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/ern025

Vacuolar sorting receptors (VSRs) are responsible for the proper targeting of soluble cargo proteins to their destination compartments. The Arabidopsis genome encodes seven VSRs. In this work, the spatio-temporal expression of one of the members of t... Read More about Expression analysis of Arabidopsis vacuolar sorting receptor 3 reveals a putative function in guard cells.

Tools to investigate ROS sensitive signalling proteins (2008)
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Desikan, R., Neill, S., Slinn, J., & Hancock, J. T. (2008). Tools to investigate ROS sensitive signalling proteins. Methods in Molecular Biology, 476, 87-99. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-129-1_7

The thiols groups of cysteine residues on proteins are attractive oxidative targets for modification by reactive oxygen species, such as hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). Such modification can lead to important cellular signaling processes that ultimately re... Read More about Tools to investigate ROS sensitive signalling proteins.

Nitric oxide signalling in plants (2008)
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Wilson, I. D., Neill, S., & Hancock, J. T. (2008). Nitric oxide signalling in plants. Plant, Cell and Environment, 31(5), 622-631. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3040.2007.01761.x

As with all organisms, plants must respond to a plethora of external environmental cues. Individual plant cells must also perceive and respond to a wide range of internal signals. It is now well-accepted that nitric oxide (NO) is a component of the r... Read More about Nitric oxide signalling in plants.

Nitric oxide evolution and perception (2008)
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Harrison, J., Neill, S., Bright, J., Desikan, R., Hancock, J. T., & Wilson, I. D. (2008). Nitric oxide evolution and perception. Journal of Experimental Botany, 59(1), 25-35. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erm218

Various experimental data indicate signalling roles for nitric oxide (NO) in processes such as xylogenesis, programmed cell death, pathogen defence, flowering, stomatal closure, and gravitropism. However, it still remains unclear how NO is synthesize... Read More about Nitric oxide evolution and perception.

Nitric oxide, stomatal closure, and abiotic stress (2008)
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Ribeiro, D., Harrison, J., Neill, S., Barros, R. S., Bright, J., Desikan, R., …Wilson, I. D. (2008). Nitric oxide, stomatal closure, and abiotic stress. Journal of Experimental Botany, 59(2), 165-176. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erm293

Various data indicate that nitric oxide (NO) is an endogenous signal in plants that mediates responses to several stimuli. Experimental evidence in support of such signalling roles for NO has been obtained via the application of NO, usually in the fo... Read More about Nitric oxide, stomatal closure, and abiotic stress.

Nitric oxide, stomatal closure and abiotic stress (2007)
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Neill, S., Barros, R. S., Bright, J., Desikan, R., Hancock, J. T., Harrison, J., …Ribeiro, D. M. (2007). Nitric oxide, stomatal closure and abiotic stress. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology, 146(4), S257. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.01.648

Various data indicate that nitric oxide (NO) is an endogenous signal in plants that mediates responses to several stimuli. Experimental evidence in support of such signalling roles for NO has been obtained via the application of NO (usually in the fo... Read More about Nitric oxide, stomatal closure and abiotic stress.

Ethylene-induced stomatal closure in Arabidopsis occurs via AtrbohF-mediated hydrogen peroxide synthesis (2006)
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Desikan, R., Last, K., Harrett-Williams, R., Tagliavia, C., Harter, K., Hooley, R., …Neill, S. (2006). Ethylene-induced stomatal closure in Arabidopsis occurs via AtrbohF-mediated hydrogen peroxide synthesis. Plant Journal, 47(6), 907-916. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-313X.2006.02842.x

Ethylene is a plant hormone that regulates many aspects of growth and development. Despite the well-known association between ethylene and stress signalling, its effects on stomatal movements are largely unexplored. Here, genetic and physiological da... Read More about Ethylene-induced stomatal closure in Arabidopsis occurs via AtrbohF-mediated hydrogen peroxide synthesis.

Doing the unexpected: Proteins involved in hydrogen peroxide perception (2006)
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Harrison, J., Hancock, J., Desikan, R., Bright, J., Hooley, R., & Neill, S. (2006). Doing the unexpected: Proteins involved in hydrogen peroxide perception. Journal of Experimental Botany, 57(8), 1711-1718. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erj180

A look back at the early literature on reactive oxygen species (ROS) gives the impression that these small inorganic molecules had a singular defined role, that of host defence in mammalian systems. However, it is now known that their roles also incl... Read More about Doing the unexpected: Proteins involved in hydrogen peroxide perception.