title: Calcium in plant defence-signalling pathways.
abstract: In plant cells, the calcium ion is a ubiquitous intracellular second messenger involved in numerous signalling pathways. Variations in the cytosolic concentration of Ca2+ ([Ca2+]cyt) couple a large array of signals and responses. Here we concentrate on calcium signalling in plant defence responses, particularly on the generation of the calcium signal and downstream calcium-dependent events participating in the establishment of defence responses with special reference to calcium-binding proteins.
authors.affiliation: UMR CNRS 5546 Université Paul Sabatier, Signaux et Messages Cellulaires chez les Végétaux, Pôle de Biotechnologies Végétales, 24 chemin de Borde Rouge, BP 17, Auzeville, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lecourieux
authors.forename: Raoul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ranjeva
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pugin
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D020013:Calcium Signaling / Q000502:physiology*; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D016923:Cell Death / Q000502:physiology; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D015870:Gene Expression; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D010935:Plant Diseases; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000378:metabolism; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism*; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism; D012717:Sesquiterpenes; D013729:Terpenes; D000094162:Phytoalexins
chemical_list: D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D010936:Plant Extracts; D010940:Plant Proteins; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D012717:Sesquiterpenes; D013729:Terpenes; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D002118:Calcium; D000094162:Phytoalexins