Complexity, cross talk and integration of plant MAP kinase signalling

Claudia Jonak, László Ökrész, László Bögre, Heribert Hirt*

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Abstract

Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) link stimuli that are activated by external sensors to cellular responses. The completed Arabidopsis genome sequence has revealed an extraordinary complexity in MAPK-signalling components in plants. Information obtained from Arabidopsis provides a framework for a unified nomenclature and for the assembly and determination of the function of MAPK-signalling pathways. Strategies and tools are evolving to connect MAPK pathways and to determine their functions. As a result, MAPK-signalling modules have emerged, one of which appears to antagonistically regulate stress- and growth-responses whereas another regulates cytokinesis.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)415-424
Number of pages10
JournalCurrent Opinion in Plant Biology
Volume5
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2002
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Plant Science

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