title: Small molecule approaches in plants.
abstract: Small molecules offer exciting opportunities for plant science. So far, bioactive small molecules have been identified as plant hormones, herbicides, growth regulators, or taken from animal research. Recently, plant scientists have started to explore further the chemical space for novel modulators of plant hormone signalling, and have followed up this work with exciting discoveries illustrating the potential of small molecules such as brassinazole and sirtinol. New chemical genetic screens have been designed to generate chemical tools for the investigation of membrane trafficking, gravitropism and plant immunity. Further novel 'chemetic' tools to identify targets and modes of action are currently generated through an intimate interdisciplinary collaboration between biologists and small molecule chemists.
authors.affiliation: Plant Chemetics Group, Chemical Genomics Centre, Dortmund, Germany and Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany.
authors.forename: Farnusch
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kaschani
authors.forename: Renier
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: van der Hoorn
mesh_terms: D001549:Benzamides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D005821:Genetic Techniques; D018522:Gravitropism / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D006540:Herbicides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D009284:Naphthols / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D063245:Plant Development; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena; D010944:Plants / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D014230:Triazoles / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001549:Benzamides; D006540:Herbicides; D009284:Naphthols; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators; D014230:Triazoles; C439060:sirtinol; C412342:brassinazole