title: Plant biology: do DELLAs do defence?
abstract: DELLA proteins repress plant growth and developmental processes. Recent data suggest that DELLAs improve survival by imposing growth restraint during plant stress, enabling limited resources to be diverted to pathogen defence.
authors.affiliation: School of Biosciences, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QD, UK.
authors.forename: Nick
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Smirnoff
authors.forename: Murray
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grant
mesh_terms: D005875:Gibberellins / Q000502:physiology; D063245:Plant Development; D010935:Plant Diseases; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators / Q000502:physiology; D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005875:Gibberellins; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators; D010940:Plant Proteins; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species