title: Plant hormones: brassinosteroids in the spotlight.
abstract: Recent studies on dwarf mutants of the model plant Arabidopsis thallana have provided convincing evidence that brassinosteroids-natural plant products similar to animal steroid hormones-are essential for normal plant growth and development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27695-7609, USA.
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Clouse
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D060406:Brassinosteroids; D002777:Cholestanols / Q000378:metabolism*; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators / Q000378:metabolism*; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D013260:Steroids, Heterocyclic / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D060406:Brassinosteroids; D002777:Cholestanols; C098907:DET2 protein, Arabidopsis; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators; D010940:Plant Proteins; D013260:Steroids, Heterocyclic; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; C023623:brassinolide