Peptide ligands in plants.
Plants have evolved small peptide ligands as intercellular signaling molecules. Previous studies have uncovered pairs of ligands and receptors in cell-cell communications. This review focuses on signaling and function of key plant peptide ligands.
Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Yuki
Y
Kondo
WPI-Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.
Yuki
Y
Hirakawa
Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: fukuda@bs.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp.
Hiroo
H
Fukuda
Ligand; Modification; Peptides; Plants; Processing; Receptor; Signaling