title: Polypeptide hormones: signaling molecules in plants.
abstract: Biochemical and genetic studies have identified peptides that play crucial roles in plant defense, growth, and development. The number of known, functionally active, peptides is currently small, but genome sequencing has revealed many potential peptide-encoding genus. A major challenge of the post-genomic era is to determine the function of these molecules.
authors.affiliation: Integrative Cell Biology Laboratory, School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, University of Durham, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chilley
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D001937:Brassica; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D036361:Peptide Hormones / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D010455:Peptides; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000254:growth & development; D010944:Plants / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; C100975:PSK-alpha protein, plant; D036361:Peptide Hormones; D010455:Peptides; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators; D010940:Plant Proteins; C469251:polaris protein, Arabidopsis; C073704:systemin