1 Abscisic Acid Synthesis, Metabolism and Signal Transduction
Annual Plant Reviews book series, Volume 24: Plant Hormone Signaling
Annie Marion-Poll,
Jeffrey Leung,
Annie Marion-Poll
Seed Biology Laboratory, INRA - Centre de Versailles Grignon, Route de Saint-Cyr, Versailles Cedex, 78026 France
Search for more papers by this authorJeffrey Leung
Institut des Sciences du Végétal, CNRS bat 23, Avenue de la Terrasse, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, 91198 France
Search for more papers by this authorAnnie Marion-Poll,
Jeffrey Leung,
Annie Marion-Poll
Seed Biology Laboratory, INRA - Centre de Versailles Grignon, Route de Saint-Cyr, Versailles Cedex, 78026 France
Search for more papers by this authorJeffrey Leung
Institut des Sciences du Végétal, CNRS bat 23, Avenue de la Terrasse, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, 91198 France
Search for more papers by this authorThis article was originally published in 2006 in Plant Hormone Signaling, Volume 24 (ISBN 9781405138871) of the Annual Plant Reviews book series, this volume edited by Peter Hedden and Stephen G Thomas. The article was republished in Annual Plant Reviews online in April 2018.
Abstract
The sections in this article are
- Introduction
- Biosynthesis and Catabolism Pathways
- Regulation of ABA Synthesis and Metabolism
- ABA Signaling in Seed Maturation Processes: Proteolysis and Combinatorial Protein Interactions
- Stress Responses in Vegetative Tissues: The Five Major Nexuses
- ABA Signaling in Guard Cells: Simple Movements Controlled by Complex Mechanisms
- ABA as Antagonizing Signal to Light in Stomatal Movement
- Concluding Remarks
- Acknowledgements
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