Signs of change: hormone receptors that regulate plant development.
Hormonal signalling plays a pivotal role in almost every aspect of plant development, and of high priority has been to identify the receptors that perceive these hormones. In the past seven months, the receptors for the plant hormones auxin, gibberellins and abscisic acid have been identified. These join the receptors that have previously been identified for ethylene, brassinosteroids and cytokinins. This review therefore comes at an exciting time for plant developmental biology, as the new findings shed light on our current understanding of the structure and function of the various hormone receptors, their related signalling pathways and their role in regulating plant development.
Bishopp
Anthony
A
Plant Molecular Biology Laboratory, Institute of Biotechnology, POB 56, FI-00014, University of Helsinki, Finland.
Mähönen
Ari Pekka
AP
Helariutta
Ykä
Y
D008954:Models, Biological; D063245:Plant Development; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators / Q000502:physiology*; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction
D010937:Plant Growth Regulators; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface