Molecular cloning and functional characterization of a novel cotton CBL-interacting protein kinase gene (GhCIPK6) reveals its involvement in multiple abiotic stress tolerance in transgenic plants

Evolution of an intron-poor cluster of the CIPK gene family and expression in response to drought stress in soybean

“…For example, overexpression of OsCIPK23 improved rice drought tolerance by enhancing the expression level of drought-related genes19. A cotton CIPK gene, GhCIPK6 , was induced by drought, and was found to enhance plant tolerance to drought when was overexpressed in Arabidopsis 20. These findings suggest that CIPK family plays important roles bringing about plant tolerance to environmental stresses.…”

Transcriptome analysis reveals that distinct metabolic pathways operate in salt-tolerant and salt-sensitive upland cotton varieties subjected to salinity stress

“…Identifying salt-tolerant genes is an important part of salt-tolerant crops breeding through genetic engineering. However, only a few salt stress-inducible genes have been documented in cotton, such as GhNHX1 [25], GhDREB [26], GhERF2-GhERF6 [27][28][29], GhNAC1-GhNAC13 [30,31], GhMT3a [32], GhMPK2 [33], GhMKK5 [34], GhZFP1 [35], GhCIPK6 [36], GhWRKY17 [37], GhWRKY39-1 [38], and GbRLK [39]. With the success of the cotton whole-genome sequencing [40,41], and the widespread use of microarrays and next-generation sequencing, some salt-related regulatory factors and genes have been identified in cotton at genome-wide level [6,[42][43][44].…”

Calcium and Reactive Oxygen Species Rule the Waves of Signaling

“…The diverse spectrum of plants in which CBL and CIPK function was analyzed encompasses species such as rice, rape (Brassica napus), wheat (Triticum aestivum), sorghum (Sorghum bicolor), apple (Malus domestica), cotton (Gossypium hirsutum), and poplar (Populus spp. ; Yang et al, 2008;Piao et al, 2010;Zhang et al, 2011Zhang et al, , 2013Chen et al, 2012;Wang et al, 2012;Deng et al, 2013;He et al, 2013). Moreover, lately, five novel CIPKs and two CBLs have been discovered in kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) and 43 putative CIPK genes that are closely related to rice CIPKs have been identified in maize (Zea mays; Hamada et al, 2009;Chen et al, 2011).…”