Signal transduction in plant cells

Trends Genet. 1991 Nov-Dec;7(11-12):356-61. doi: 10.1016/0168-9525(91)90255-o.

Abstract

In plants, unlike animals, signal transduction studies are in their infancy. While intracellular Ca2+ appears to have second messenger functions, attempts to show that protein kinases, inositol phosphates and cyclic AMP are involved in signal transduction in plants have run into considerable difficulty.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Calcium / physiology
  • Cell Wall / metabolism
  • Cyclic AMP / physiology
  • Guanosine Triphosphate / physiology
  • Models, Biological
  • Phosphatidylinositols / physiology
  • Phospholipases / physiology
  • Plant Cells
  • Plant Physiological Phenomena*
  • Plant Proteins / metabolism
  • Protein Kinases / physiology
  • Signal Transduction* / radiation effects

Substances

  • Phosphatidylinositols
  • Plant Proteins
  • Guanosine Triphosphate
  • Cyclic AMP
  • Protein Kinases
  • Phospholipases
  • Calcium