Transcription factors on the move

Curr Opin Plant Biol. 2012 Dec;15(6):645-51. doi: 10.1016/j.pbi.2012.09.010. Epub 2012 Sep 29.

Abstract

Mobile transcription factors play essential roles in plant development including the control of cell identity and tissue patterning, as well as organ initiation and the induction of major developmental switches. Within the past few years, the molecules and cellular structures that regulate the movement of these signals have emerged. Here we cover some of the major findings of the past two years as they relate to the intercellular movement of multiple different families of transcription factors.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Arabidopsis / genetics
  • Arabidopsis / growth & development
  • Arabidopsis / metabolism*
  • Arabidopsis Proteins / genetics
  • Arabidopsis Proteins / metabolism*
  • Flowers / genetics
  • Flowers / metabolism
  • Homeodomain Proteins / genetics
  • Homeodomain Proteins / metabolism
  • Meristem / genetics
  • Meristem / metabolism
  • Mutation
  • Phloem / metabolism
  • Plant Roots / growth & development
  • Plant Roots / metabolism
  • Plasmodesmata / metabolism
  • Protein Transport
  • RNA, Messenger / genetics
  • RNA, Messenger / metabolism
  • RNA, Plant / genetics
  • RNA, Plant / metabolism
  • Signal Transduction
  • Transcription Factors / genetics
  • Transcription Factors / metabolism*
  • Transcription, Genetic

Substances

  • Arabidopsis Proteins
  • FT protein, Arabidopsis
  • Homeodomain Proteins
  • RNA, Messenger
  • RNA, Plant
  • SHORT ROOT protein, Arabidopsis
  • Transcription Factors
  • WUSCHEL protein, Arabidopsis