title: Fruit development: new directions for an old pathway.
abstract: A recent study investigating the molecular mechanisms of seed pod shattering has shown that the basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) proteins INDEHISCENT and ALCATRAZ appear to regulate fruit patterning through gibberellic acid (GA)-DELLA signalling, revealing a central role for bHLH family members in GA response specificity.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, the Centre for Systems Biology, C.H. Waddington Building, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh EH9 3JD, UK.
authors.forename: Colin N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Moran
authors.forename: Karen J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Halliday
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051792:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005638:Fruit / Q000502:physiology*; D012639:Seeds / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D051792:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins; C448681:ALCATRAZ protein, Arabidopsis; C484035:INDEHISCENT protein, Arabidopsis