title: Plant biology informs drug discovery.
abstract: Michael Rape provides a striking example of how basic research — in this case in the plant sciences — can be unexpectedly informative for drug development.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, 300B Li Ka Shing Center for Biomedical Sciences, California 94720-3370, USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rape
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000378:metabolism*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D044783:F-Box Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D007210:Indoleacetic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D044783:F-Box Proteins; D007210:Indoleacetic Acids; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases