It runs in the family: regulation of brassinosteroid signaling by the BZR1-BES1 class of transcription factors

Trends Plant Sci. 2005 Jun;10(6):266-8. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2005.04.002.

Abstract

Research of the molecular events underlying brassinosteroid (BR) signaling is emerging as a new paradigm for studying plant hormone signal transduction pathways. Two recent reports have shown that the BZR1-BES1 family of proteins is a class of novel plant-specific transcription factors that directly bind to and regulate BR-responsive genes, thus filling in key details of the link between hormonal signal transmission in the cytoplasm and transcriptional status change in the nucleus.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Arabidopsis / metabolism*
  • Arabidopsis Proteins / physiology*
  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
  • Nuclear Proteins / physiology*
  • Signal Transduction / physiology
  • Transcription Factors / physiology*

Substances

  • Arabidopsis Proteins
  • BES1 protein, Arabidopsis
  • BZR1 protein, Arabidopsis
  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • Nuclear Proteins
  • Transcription Factors