title: Mobile protein signals in plant development.
abstract: Cell-to-cell signaling is essential for normal development and physiology. In both plants and animals, cells secrete proteins or peptides that influence the behavior or fate of neighboring cells. However in plants, signaling is also possible through direct transport of transcription factors between cells. Here we discuss some of the signaling pathways mediated by mobile transcription factors and their implications for plant growth and development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: Shuang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Kimberly L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Gallagher
mesh_terms: D001692:Biological Transport; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D017343:Genes, Plant; D063245:Plant Development; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors