{"id":2177,"date":"2026-01-02T21:08:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T21:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shabek-lab.ucdavis.edu\/?p=2177"},"modified":"2026-04-22T21:38:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T21:38:42","slug":"our-new-review-article-published-in-the-plant-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shabek-lab.ucdavis.edu\/index.php\/2026\/01\/02\/our-new-review-article-published-in-the-plant-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"our new review article published in The Plant Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Our new review article is now published in <span class=\"s1\">The Plant Journal<\/span>: <span class=\"s2\"><i>An Emerging Signaling Hub: KAI2 at the Nexus of Phytohormone Networks<\/i><\/span> by <span class=\"s1\">Jacob Moe-Lange<\/span> and <span class=\"s1\">Nitzan Shabek\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">This work highlights how the receptor KAI2 has evolved from a niche player in seed germination to a central coordinator of plant growth, stress responses, and hormone signaling. By connecting pathways such as auxin, ABA, ethylene, gibberellins, salicylic acid, and strigolactones, KAI2 is emerging as a powerful integrator of environmental and developmental cues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Our review outlines new frontiers for uncovering KAI2 biology and its potential to inspire future strategies for crop resilience and agricultural innovation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/epdf\/10.1111\/tpj.70609\">https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/tpj.70609<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our new review article is now published in The Plant Journal: An Emerging Signaling Hub: KAI2 at the Nexus of Phytohormone Networks by Jacob Moe-Lange and Nitzan Shabek\u00a0 This work highlights how the receptor KAI2 has evolved from a niche player in seed germination to a central coordinator of plant growth, stress responses, and hormone<span class=\"post-excerpt-end\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shabek-lab.ucdavis.edu\/index.php\/2026\/01\/02\/our-new-review-article-published-in-the-plant-journal\/\" class=\"themebutton\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2178,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shabek-lab.ucdavis.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shabek-lab.ucdavis.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shabek-lab.ucdavis.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shabek-lab.ucdavis.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shabek-lab.ucdavis.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2177"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/shabek-lab.ucdavis.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2180,"href":"https:\/\/shabek-lab.ucdavis.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2177\/revisions\/2180"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shabek-lab.ucdavis.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shabek-lab.ucdavis.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shabek-lab.ucdavis.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shabek-lab.ucdavis.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}