Plant development: PIF4 integrates diverse environmental signals

Curr Biol. 2009 Mar 24;19(6):R265-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.01.051.

Abstract

Flexible adaptation to environmental changes is essential for plants. Recent studies suggest that a group of basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors play a central role in the crosstalk between environmental cues and hormone signalling.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Acclimatization
  • Animals
  • Arabidopsis / genetics
  • Arabidopsis / growth & development
  • Arabidopsis / physiology*
  • Arabidopsis Proteins / genetics
  • Arabidopsis Proteins / metabolism
  • Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors / genetics
  • Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors / metabolism
  • Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors / physiology
  • Circadian Rhythm
  • Environment
  • Helix-Loop-Helix Motifs
  • Homeostasis
  • Life Cycle Stages
  • Signal Transduction
  • Transcription Factors / physiology

Substances

  • Arabidopsis Proteins
  • Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors
  • PIF4 protein, Arabidopsis
  • Transcription Factors