title: Family business: multiple members of major phytohormone classes orchestrate plant stress responses.
abstract: Low-molecular-weight compounds such as jasmonic, abscisic and salicylic acids are commonly thought to be regulators of plant stress responses. However, it is becoming clear that these molecules, often referred to as phytohormones, are only a part of bigger groups of compounds with biological activity. We propose that the concept of "hormone families" may help to better understand plant physiological responses by taking into account not only the alleged main regulators, but also their precursors, conjugates and catabolites. Novel approaches to profile potentially active compounds in plants are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biology, University of Neuchâtel, Rue Emile-Argand 11, 2009 Neuchâtel, Switzerland. matthias.erb@unine.ch
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Erb
authors.forename: Gaetan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Glauser
mesh_terms: D000040:Abscisic Acid / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology*; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology*; D001688:Biological Products / Q000737:chemistry*; D003517:Cyclopentanes / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D054883:Oxylipins / Q000737:chemistry*; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology*; D010944:Plants / Q000737:chemistry*; D012459:Salicylates / Q000737:chemistry*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D001688:Biological Products; D003517:Cyclopentanes; D054883:Oxylipins; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators; D012459:Salicylates; C011006:jasmonic acid; D000040:Abscisic Acid