ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2020
Desiccation Tolerance as the Basis of Long-Term Seed Viability.
Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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36 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 90 citations in OpenAlex.
- Seed Longevity in Legumes: Deeper Insights Into Mechanisms and Molecular Perspectives.Frontiers in plant science · 2022Pooled it
- Comparative Longevity of Bryophyte Spores: Influence of Storage Conditions, Spore Maturity, and Plant Ecology.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Shaped by context: Evolutionary trajectories of desiccation tolerance in land plants.American journal of botany · 2026Review
- Integrative Transcriptomic Analysis and Co-Expression Network Characterization of Soybean Developmental Tissues.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Molecular timekeepers: the curious alliance of redox, repair, and protective proteins in preserving seed longevity.Crop health · 2026Review
- Evaluating the vulnerability of critical early life stages in plants during heat extremes.Conservation physiology · 2026Article
- Pleiotropic SNPs and genes linked to enhanced seed longevity and vigor for climate resilient pearl millet production.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Article
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- The promise of resurrection plants in enhancing crop tolerance to water scarcity.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025Review
- New Method for Enhancing Coconut (Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- A micropeptide regulates seed desiccation.Frontiers in plant science · 2025Article
- Gene family rearrangements and transcriptional priming drive the evolution of vegetative desiccation tolerance in Selaginella.The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology · 2025Article
- Insights into Genes Encoding LEA_1 Domain-Containing Proteins inPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- How to Survive without Water: A Short Lesson on the Desiccation Tolerance of Budding Yeast.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- The association of protein-bound methionine sulfoxide with proteomic basis for aging in beech seeds.BMC plant biology · 2024Article
- Protecting Proteins from Desiccation Stress Using Molecular Glasses and Gels.Chemical reviews · 2024Review
- Involvement of Abscisic Acid in Transition of Pea (Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Redox dynamics in seeds ofFrontiers in plant science · 2024Article
- Tropical peanut maturation scale for harvesting seeds with superior quality.Frontiers in plant science · 2024Article
- Dynamics of chromatin accessibility and genome wide control of desiccation tolerance in the resurrection plant Haberlea rhodopensis.BMC plant biology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Desiccation tolerance appeared as the key adaptation feature of photoautotrophic organisms for survival in terrestrial habitats. During the further evolution, vascular plants developed complex anatomy structures and molecular mechanisms to maintain the hydrated state of cell environment and sustain dehydration. However, the role of the genes encoding the mechanisms behind this adaptive feature of terrestrial plants changed with their evolution. Thus, in higher vascular plants it is restricted to protection of spores, seeds and pollen from dehydration, whereas the mature vegetative stages became sensitive to desiccation. During maturation, orthodox seeds lose up to 95% of water and successfully enter dormancy. This feature allows seeds maintaining their viability even under strongly fluctuating environmental conditions. The mechanisms behind the desiccation tolerance are activated at the late seed maturation stage and are associated with the accumulation of late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins, small heat shock proteins (sHSP), non-reducing oligosaccharides, and antioxidants of different chemical nature. The main regulators of maturation and desiccation tolerance are abscisic acid and protein DOG1, which control the network of transcription factors, represented by LEC1, LEC2, FUS3, ABI3, ABI5, AGL67, PLATZ1, PLATZ2. This network is complemented by epigenetic regulation of gene expression via methylation of DNA, post-translational modifications of histones and chromatin remodeling. These fine regulatory mechanisms allow orthodox seeds maintaining desiccation tolerance during the whole period of germination up to the stage of radicle protrusion. This time point, in which seeds lose desiccation tolerance, is critical for the whole process of seed development.
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