title: The role of GRAS proteins in plant signal transduction and development.
abstract: GRAS proteins are a recently discovered family of plant-specific proteins named after GAI, RGA and SCR, the first three of its members isolated. Although the Arabidopsis genome encodes at least 33 GRAS protein family members only a few GRAS proteins have been characterized so far. However, it is becoming clear that GRAS proteins exert important roles in very diverse processes such as signal transduction, meristem maintenance and development. Here we present a survey of the different GRAS proteins and review the current knowledge of the function of individual members of this protein family.
authors.affiliation: Department Biologie I, Bereich Botanik, Universität München, Menzinger Str 67, 80638, München, Germany. bolle@botanik.biologie.uni-muenchen.de
authors.forename: Cordelia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bolle
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D009154:Mutation; D010802:Phylogeny; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; C109555:GAI protein, Arabidopsis; D010940:Plant Proteins; C401308:SCR protein, Brassica oleracea; D014157:Transcription Factors