Heterotrimeric G protein signalling in the plant kingdom

D Urano, JG Chen, JR Botella, AM Jones - Open biology, 2013 - royalsocietypublishing.org
In animals, heterotrimeric G proteins, comprising α-, β-and γ-subunits, perceive extracellular
stimuli through cell surface receptors, and transmit signals to ion channels, enzymes and …

Calcium, kinases and nodulation signalling in legumes

GED Oldroyd, JA Downie - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2004 - nature.com
Several genes have recently been identified using legume mutants that are defective for
nodulation signalling. The proteins they encode include novel types of receptor-like kinase …

Signalling and cell death in ozone‐exposed plants

J Kangasjärvi, P Jaspers, H Kollist - Plant, Cell & Environment, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Experiments with Arabidopsis mutants and sensitive and tolerant pairs in several other
species have elucidated the molecular basis of plant ozone sensitivity and ozone lesion …

Lotus japonicus CASTOR and POLLUX Are Ion Channels Essential for Perinuclear Calcium Spiking in Legume Root Endosymbiosis

M Charpentier, R Bredemeier, G Wanner… - The Plant …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
The mechanism underlying perinuclear calcium spiking induced during legume root
endosymbioses is largely unknown. Lotus japonicus symbiosis-defective castor and pollux …

Heterotrimeric G proteins facilitate Arabidopsis resistance to necrotrophic pathogens and are involved in jasmonate signaling

Y Trusov, JE Rookes, D Chakravorty, D Armour… - Plant …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Heterotrimeric G proteinshave been previously linked to plant defense; however a role for
the G βγ dimer in defense signaling has not been described to date. Using available …

Diversity of peptidic and proteinaceous toxins from social Hymenoptera venoms

JRA dos Santos-Pinto, A Perez-Riverol, AM Lasa… - Toxicon, 2018 - Elsevier
Among venomous animals, Hymenoptera have been suggested as a rich source of natural
toxins. Due to their broad ecological diversity, venom from Hymenoptera insects (bees …

Tropospheric ozone and plants: absorption, responses, and consequences

K Cho, S Tiwari, SB Agrawal, NL Torres… - … and Toxicology Volume …, 2011 - Springer
Ozone (O 3) is known to have existed in the atmosphere since ancient times and has played
a critical role in the survival of life on the Earth. In the stratosphere, O 3 plays an extremely …

Microtubule-associated proteins in higher plants

T Hamada - Journal of plant research, 2007 - Springer
A variety of microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs) have been reported in higher plants.
Microtubule (MT) polymerization starts from the γ-tubulin complex (γTuC), a component of …

Pharmacological Evidence That Multiple Phospholipid Signaling Pathways Link Rhizobium Nodulation Factor Perception in Medicago truncatula Root Hairs to Intracellular Responses …

D Charron, JL Pingret, M Chabaud, EP Journet… - Plant …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Rhizobium nodulation (Nod) factors are specific lipochito-oligosaccharide signals essential
for initiating in root hairs of the host legume developmental responses that are required for …

Calcium as a versatile plant signal transducer under soil water stress

S Hong‐Bo, C Li‐Ye, S Ming‐An - BioEssays, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The complexity of calcium profiles observed in plant cells has led to the realization that
specific patterns of calcium propagation (now termed calcium signatures) encode specific …