Cadmium activates a mitogen-activated protein kinase gene and MBP kinases in rice

• Published in: Plant and cell physiology Vol. 45; no. 9; pp. 1306 - 1312
• Main Authors: Yeh, C.M. (National Cheng Kung Univ., Tainan (Taiwan)), Hsiao, L.J, Huang, H.J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan Oxford University Press 01.09.2004; Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
• Subjects: BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAYS; BIOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; CADMIUM; Cadmium - pharmacology; cell growth; cell suspension culture; cultured cells; drug effects; Enzyme Activation; enzyme activity; enzymology; GENE EXPRESSION; gene expression regulation; Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic - drug effects; genetics; glutathione; grain crops; GSH; Heavy metals; Hormones; Keywords: Cadmium — Mitogen-activated protein kinase — Oryza sativa — Plant signal transduction — Stress; MAPK; MBP; messenger RNA; mitogen-activated protein kinase; Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases - genetics; MITOGENS; myelin basic protein; nucleotide sequences; Oryza; Oryza - drug effects; Oryza - enzymology; Oryza - genetics; ORYZA SATIVA; pharmacology; plant proteins; PROTEIN KINASE; protein kinases; reactive oxygen species; rice; ROS; Signal Transduction

Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathways are modules involved in the transduction of extracellular signals to intracellular targets in all eukaryotes. In plants, it has been evidenced that MAPKs play a role in the signaling of biotic and abiotic stresses, plant hormones, and cell cycle cues....