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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Arabidopsis thaliana
SUBMITTER: Takeshi Fukao
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-29941 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Nature 20111023 7373
Plants and animals are obligate aerobes, requiring oxygen for mitochondrial respiration and energy production. In plants, an unanticipated decline in oxygen availability (hypoxia), as caused by roots becoming waterlogged or foliage submergence, triggers changes in gene transcription and messenger RNA translation that promote anaerobic metabolism and thus sustain substrate-level ATP production. In contrast to animals, oxygen sensing has not been ascribed to a mechanism of gene regulation in respo ...[more]