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ROS Are Good

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Mittler, Ron·2017·Trends in Plant Science

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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are thought to play a dual role in plant biology. They are required for many important signaling reactions, but are also toxic byproducts of aerobic metabolism. Recent studies revealed that ROS are necessary for the progression of several basic biological processes including cellular proliferation and differentiation. Moreover, cell death-that was previously thought to be the outcome of ROS directly killing cells by oxidation, in other words via oxidative stress-is now considered to be the result of ROS triggering a physiological or programmed pathway for cell death. This Opinion focuses on the possibility that ROS are beneficial to plants, supporting cellular proliferation, physiological function, and viability, and that maintaining a basal level of ROS in cells is essential for life.

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Authors
Mittler, R.
Affiliations
University of North Texas (US)
Corresponding author
Mittler, Ron
Venue
Trends in Plant Science
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-01
Volume
22
Issue
1
Pages
11-19
ISSN
1360-1385 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2521662433
Cited by
3,499
References
71
Citations by year
2026: 474 · 2025: 408 · 2024: 472 · 2023: 481 · 2022: 455 · 2021: 428 · 2020: 341 · 2019: 236 · 2018: 138 · 2017: 60 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 1
FWCI
14.12
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Trends in Plant Science (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Redox biology and oxidative stress
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
Keywords
reactive oxygen species, plant signaling, oxidative stress, programmed cell death, cell proliferation, cell differentiation, plant viability, aerobic metabolism
MeSH terms
Oxidation-Reduction, Plants, Signal Transduction, Reactive Oxygen Species, Gene Expression Regulation, Plant

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