title: Brassinosteroids signal through two receptor-like kinases.
abstract: Both animals and plants use steroids to regulate their growth and development, but their mechanisms for steroid perception are different. Animal steroids are mainly recognized by intracellular steroid receptors, whereas plant steroids are perceived by cell-surface receptors that contain a transmembrane receptor serine/threonine kinase. Recent studies suggest that heterodimerization between two receptor kinases might be a key step in steroid perception and signaling in plants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, 830 N University, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1048, USA. jian@umich.edu
authors.forename: Jianming
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D060406:Brassinosteroids; D002777:Cholestanols / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / Q000187:drug effects; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / Q000187:drug effects; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant / Q000187:drug effects; D063245:Plant Development; D010944:Plants / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics*; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000235:genetics*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000235:genetics; D013260:Steroids, Heterocyclic / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D060406:Brassinosteroids; D002777:Cholestanols; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D013260:Steroids, Heterocyclic; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; C023623:brassinolide