- About this Journal
- Abstracting and Indexing
- Aims and Scope
- Article Processing Charges
- Articles in Press
- Author Guidelines
- Bibliographic Information
- Citations to this Journal
- Contact Information
- Editorial Board
- Editorial Workflow
- Free eTOC Alerts
- Publication Ethics
- Reviewers Acknowledgment
- Submit a Manuscript
- Subscription Information
- Table of Contents
International Journal of Proteomics
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 529648, 11 pages
doi:10.1155/2011/529648
Heat Shock Proteins in Association with Heat Tolerance in Grasses
1Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
2Department of Biology, Ramapo College of New Jersey, NJ 07430, USA
3Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
Received 19 October 2010; Accepted 14 January 2011
Academic Editor: S. Komatsu
Copyright © 2011 Yan Xu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The grass family Poaceae includes annual species cultivated as major grain crops and perennial species cultivated as forage or turf grasses. Heat stress is a primary factor limiting growth and productivity of cool-season grass species and is becoming a more significant problem in the context of global warming. Plants have developed various mechanisms in heat-stress adaptation, including changes in protein metabolism such as the induction of heat shock proteins (HSPs). This paper summarizes the structure and function of major HSPs, recent research progress on the association of HSPs with grass tolerance to heat stress, and incorporation of HSPs in heat-tolerant grass breeding.