title: The logic of communication: roles for mobile transcription factors in plants.
abstract: Mobile transcription factors play many roles in plant development. Here, we compare the use of mobile transcription factors as signals with some canonical signal transduction processes in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. After an initial survey, we focus on the SHORT-ROOT pathway in Arabidopsis roots to show that, despite the simplicity of the concept of mobile transcription factor signalling, many lines of evidence reveal a surprising complexity in control mechanisms linked to this process. We argue that these controls bestow precision, robustness, and versatility on mobile transcription factor signalling.
authors: Plant Developmental Biology, Plant Sciences, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, Wageningen 6708PB, The Netherlands.
authors: Yuchen
authors: Y
authors: Long
authors: Plant Developmental Biology, Plant Sciences, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, Wageningen 6708PB, The Netherlands.
authors: Ben
authors: B
authors: Scheres
authors: Plant Developmental Biology, Plant Sciences, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, Wageningen 6708PB, The Netherlands. ikram.blilou@wur.nl.
authors: Ikram
authors: I
authors: Blilou
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D002450:Cell Communication; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D053263:Gene Regulatory Networks; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D021381:Protein Transport; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors
keywords: Asymmetric cell division; cell–cell communication; intercellular signalling; mobile transcritption factors; protein movement; regulatory networks.