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Protein sensors and transducers of cold and osmotic stress in cyanobacteria and plants

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Genome-wide analysis of gene expression at the transcriptional level with DNA microarrays identified almost all genes induced by particular stress in cyanobacteria and plants. Adaptation to stress conditions starts with the perception and transduction of the stress signal. A combination of systematic mutagenesis of potential sensors and transducers with genome transcription profiling allowed significant progress in understanding the mechanisms responsible for the perception of stress signals in photosynthesizing cells. The review considers the recent data on the cyanobacterial and plant signaling systems perceiving and transmitting the cold, hyperosmotic, and salt stress signals.

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Original Russian Text © G.V. Novikova, I.E. Moshkov, D.A. Los, 2007, published in Molekulyarnaya Biologiya, 2007, Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 478–490.

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Novikova, G.V., Moshkov, I.E. & Los, D.A. Protein sensors and transducers of cold and osmotic stress in cyanobacteria and plants. Mol Biol 41, 427–437 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0026893307030089

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