Complexity, cross talk and integration of plant MAP kinase signalling.
Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) link information transfer from external stimuli-activated sensors to cellular responses. The completed Arabidopsis genome sequence revealed an extraordinary complexity in MAPK-signalling components in plants. Information obtained from Arabidopsis provides a framework for a unified nomenclature and the assembly and function of MAPK-signalling pathways. Strategies and tools are evolving to connect MAPK pathways and to determine their function. As a result, MAPK signalling modules emerged, one of which appears to antagonistically regulate stress- and growth-responses and another that regulates cytokinesis.
Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Vienna Biocenter, Dr. Bohrgasse 9, 1030 Vienna, Austria.
Claudia
C
Jonak
László
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Okrész
László
L
Bögre
Heribert
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Hirt
D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D020935:MAP Kinase Signaling System / Q000187:drug effects; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D009997:Osmotic Pressure; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators / Q000494:pharmacology; D010944:Plants / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D020239:Receptor Cross-Talk / Q000187:drug effects
D010937:Plant Growth Regulators; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases