title: Cytokinin signaling and transcriptional networks.
abstract: The cytokinin signaling pathway consists of a phosphorelay mechanism that is initiated by binding of cytokinin to histidine kinase receptors and culminates with the transcription of cytokinin-responsive genes in the nucleus. Type-B response regulators (ARR) encode transcription factors that act as major players in the transcriptional activation of cytokinin-responsive genes, among which are many transcription factors. In this review, we highlight the transcriptional networks regulated by cytokinin that have been identified and their roles in the regulation of a subset of the many developmental and physiological processes regulated by this plant hormone.
authors.affiliation: Biology Department, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
authors.forename: Cristiana T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Argueso
authors.forename: Tracy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Raines
authors.forename: Joseph J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Kieber
mesh_terms: D003583:Cytokinins / Q000378:metabolism*; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D053263:Gene Regulatory Networks; D008027:Light; D063245:Plant Development; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators / Q000378:metabolism*; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D018520:Plant Shoots / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D015533:Transcriptional Activation
chemical_list: D003583:Cytokinins; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators; D014157:Transcription Factors