title: Changing SERKs and priorities during plant life.
abstract: SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS RECEPTOR-LIKE KINASES (SERKs) are coreceptors for diverse extracellular signals. SERKs are involved in a wide array of developmental and immune related processes first discovered in Arabidopsis. Recent work demonstrates the evolutionary conservation of SERKs in all multicellular plants, and highlights their functional conservation in monocots and dicots.
authors.affiliation: The Australian National University, Research School of Biology, 134 Linnaeus Way, Acton, ACT 2601, Australia. Electronic address: benjamin.schwessinger@anu.edu.au.
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schwessinger
authors.affiliation: The Australian National University, Research School of Biology, 134 Linnaeus Way, Acton, ACT 2601, Australia. Electronic address: john.rathjen@anu.edu.au.
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Rathjen
mesh_terms: D005075:Biological Evolution; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D019684:Magnoliopsida / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins; D011494:Protein Kinases; C106294:SERK protein, plant
keywords: innate immunity; plant development; somatic embryogenesis