Hormone (dis)harmony moulds plant health and disease

Science. 2009 May 8;324(5928):750-2. doi: 10.1126/science.1173771.

Abstract

Diseased plants often display phenotypes consistent with hormone perturbations. We review recent data that have revealed roles in plant-microbe interactions for cellular components and signaling molecules that previously were associated only with hormone signaling. A better understanding of cross-talk between hormonal and defense signaling pathways should reveal new potential targets for microbial effectors that attenuate host resistance mechanisms.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Abscisic Acid / metabolism
  • Bacteria / metabolism
  • Bacteria / pathogenicity*
  • Cyclopentanes / metabolism
  • Ethylenes / metabolism
  • Fungi / metabolism
  • Fungi / pathogenicity*
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
  • Gibberellins / metabolism
  • Host-Pathogen Interactions*
  • Indoleacetic Acids / metabolism
  • Oomycetes / pathogenicity
  • Oxylipins / metabolism
  • Plant Diseases / microbiology*
  • Plant Growth Regulators / metabolism*
  • Plant Proteins / metabolism
  • Plants / genetics
  • Plants / metabolism*
  • Plants / microbiology*
  • Repressor Proteins / metabolism
  • Salicylic Acid / metabolism
  • Signal Transduction

Substances

  • Cyclopentanes
  • Ethylenes
  • Gibberellins
  • Indoleacetic Acids
  • Oxylipins
  • Plant Growth Regulators
  • Plant Proteins
  • Repressor Proteins
  • jasmonic acid
  • Abscisic Acid
  • ethylene
  • gibberellic acid
  • Salicylic Acid