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Identification of Post-translational Modifications of Plant Protein Complexes
Published on: February 22, 2014
MAP kinases in plant signal transduction
1Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Vienna Biocenter, Austria.
Abstract:
Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathways are modules involved in the transduction of extracellular signals to intracellular targets in all eukaryotes. Distinct MAPK pathways are regulated by different extracellular stimuli and are implicated in a wide variety of biological processes. In plants there is evidence for MAPKs playing a role in the signaling of abiotic stresses, pathogens, plant hormones, and cell cycle cues. The large number and divergence of plant MAPKs indicates that this ancient mechanism of bioinformatics is extensively used in plants and their study promises to give molecular answers to old questions.
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