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Synthesis, Secretion, And Perception Of Abscisic Acid Regulates Stress Responses In Chlorella Sorokiniana, Maya Khasin, Rebecca E. Cahoon, Sophie Alvarez, Richard Beckeris, Seong-Il Eyun, Qidong Jia, Jean-Jack Riethoven, Kenneth Nickerson, Wayne R. Riekhof
Synthesis, Secretion, And Perception Of Abscisic Acid Regulates Stress Responses In Chlorella Sorokiniana, Maya Khasin, Rebecca E. Cahoon, Sophie Alvarez, Richard Beckeris, Seong-Il Eyun, Qidong Jia, Jean-Jack Riethoven, Kenneth Nickerson, Wayne R. Riekhof
Kenneth Nickerson Papers
Abscisic acid (ABA) is a phytohormone that has been extensively characterized in higher plants for its roles in seed and bud dormancy, leaf abscission, and stress responses. Genomic studies have identified orthologs for ABA-related genes throughout the Viridiplantae, including in unicellular algae; however, the role of ABA in algal physiology has not been characterized, and the existence of such a role has been a matter of dispute. In this study, we demonstrate that ABA is involved in regulating algal stress responses. Chlorella sorokiniana strain UTEX 1230 contains genes orthologous to those of higher plants which are essential for ABA …