Receptor-like kinases shape the plant.
To generate the various tissues and organs that build up the adult body, plants and animals require organized formative cell divisions and correct cell specification. In plants, these processes are controlled mainly by phytohormones and transcriptional networks. Recently, ligand-receptor-like kinase signalling pathways have been revealed as additional potentially crucial regulators of cell specification in plants. We review here the importance of such signalling cascades for plant growth and development, and we discuss, where possible, similarities to well-investigated cascades in animals.
De Smet
Ive
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Centre for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), Developmental Genetics, Tübingen University, Auf der Morgenstelle 3, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany. ive.desmet@tuebingen.mpg.de
Voss
Ute
U
Jürgens
Gerd
G
Beeckman
Tom
T
D008954:Models, Biological; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000235:genetics
D010937:Plant Growth Regulators; D010940:Plant Proteins; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases