title: Plants: the latest model system for G-protein research.
abstract: In humans, heterotrimeric G proteins couple stimulus perception by G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) with numerous downstream effectors. By contrast, despite great complexity in their signal-transduction attributes, plants have a simpler repertoire of G-signalling components. Nonetheless, recent studies on Arabidopsis thaliana have shown the importance of plant G-protein signalling in such fundamental processes as cell proliferation, hormone perception and ion-channel regulation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA. alan_jones@unc.edu
authors.forename: Alan M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Sarah M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Assmann
mesh_terms: D002455:Cell Division; D015894:Genome, Human; D018745:Genome, Plant; D020962:Heterotrimeric GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000378:metabolism; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D007473:Ion Channels; D010940:Plant Proteins; D020962:Heterotrimeric GTP-Binding Proteins