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Science 5 May 1995:
Vol. 268. no. 5211, pp. 667 - 675
DOI: 10.1126/science.7732375
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Science, Vol 268, Issue 5211, 667-675
Copyright © 1995 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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The ethylene signal transduction pathway in plants

Ecker JR

Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104-6018, USA.

Ethylene (C2H4), the chemically simplest plant hormone, is among the best-characterized plant growth regulators. It participates in a variety of stress responses and developmental processes. Genetic studies in Arabidopsis have defined a number of genes in the ethylene signal transduction pathway. Isolation of two of these genes has revealed that plants sense this gas through a combination of proteins that resemble both prokaryotic and eukaryotic signaling proteins. Ethylene signaling components are likely conserved for responses as diverse as cell elongation, cell fate patterning in the root epidermis, and fruit ripening. Genetic manipulation of these genes will provide agriculture with new tools to prevent or modify ethylene responses in a variety of plants.


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