Seedling signalling: Ubiquitin ligases acting in tandem

Buried seedlings must grow both strongly, to push through soil to the surface, and fast, to reach the light as quickly as possible. A recent study finds that a pair of sequentially acting E3 ubiquitin ligases balances these conflicting imperatives.

Bibliographic Details
Author: Casal, Jorge Jose
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2016
Country:Argentina
Institution:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repository:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/17428
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/17428
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Ethylene
Ubiquitin Ligase
Ebf1
Ein3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
Description
Summary:Buried seedlings must grow both strongly, to push through soil to the surface, and fast, to reach the light as quickly as possible. A recent study finds that a pair of sequentially acting E3 ubiquitin ligases balances these conflicting imperatives.