TY - JOUR
T1 - Novel signals for plant development
AU - López-Bucio, José
AU - Acevedo-Hernández, Gustavo
AU - Ramírez-Chávez, Enrique
AU - Molina-Torres, Jorge
AU - Herrera-Estrella, Luis
N1 - Funding Information:
This work has been made possible by grants no. 43978 and CIC 2.26 from the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (Conacyt), México, and the Consejo de la Investigación Científica (UMSNH, México) to JL-B. Work in LHE's lab is supported in part by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (Grant no. Nbr55003677) and by the European Commission (Grant no. ICA-4-CT2000-30017). We gratefully acknowledge Carlos Sosa Aguirre for critical reading of our manuscript.
PY - 2006/10
Y1 - 2006/10
N2 - Classic signal molecules such as auxin, cytokinin, gibberellins, abscisic acid and more recently brassinosteroids have been extensively studied in the context of their role in morphogenetic processes in plants. In the past five years, it has become apparent that there are novel signaling molecules, such as N-acylethanolamides, alkamides, glutamate and nitric oxide, that might play important roles in the regulation of morphogenetic and adaptive processes. There is information pointing out that these molecules might be involved in diverse processes, including seed germination, pathogenesis, modulation of plant architecture and response to abiotic factors. In animals, alkamides and N-acylethanolamides act as endogenous signaling molecules that activate cannabinoid receptors, which are coupled to signal transduction cascades involving glutamate and nitric oxide. Hence, there is a possibility that cannabinoid signaling represents an evolutionary conserved pathway that modulates cellular and physiological processes in eukaryotes.
AB - Classic signal molecules such as auxin, cytokinin, gibberellins, abscisic acid and more recently brassinosteroids have been extensively studied in the context of their role in morphogenetic processes in plants. In the past five years, it has become apparent that there are novel signaling molecules, such as N-acylethanolamides, alkamides, glutamate and nitric oxide, that might play important roles in the regulation of morphogenetic and adaptive processes. There is information pointing out that these molecules might be involved in diverse processes, including seed germination, pathogenesis, modulation of plant architecture and response to abiotic factors. In animals, alkamides and N-acylethanolamides act as endogenous signaling molecules that activate cannabinoid receptors, which are coupled to signal transduction cascades involving glutamate and nitric oxide. Hence, there is a possibility that cannabinoid signaling represents an evolutionary conserved pathway that modulates cellular and physiological processes in eukaryotes.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.pbi.2006.07.002
DO - 10.1016/j.pbi.2006.07.002
M3 - Review article
C2 - 16860591
AN - SCOPUS:33747891025
SN - 1369-5266
VL - 9
SP - 523
EP - 529
JO - Current Opinion in Plant Biology
JF - Current Opinion in Plant Biology
IS - 5
ER -