Plant peptide hormones: The long and the short of it.
A polypeptide from tobacco has been found to be processed into multiple functional peptides, each with independent hormone-like activities. This adds to a growing set of small peptides known to function as signal molecules in plants.
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School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, University of Durham, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK. keith.lindsey@durham.ac.uk
D000818:Animals; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D017343:Genes, Plant; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D010455:Peptides / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D014026:Nicotiana
D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D010455:Peptides; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators; D010940:Plant Proteins; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals; D011506:Proteins; C427364:osm-5 protein, C elegans; C073704:systemin