Boller Thomas
Botanisches Institut, Universität Basel, Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center, Hebelstrasse 1, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland.
Curr Opin Cell Biol. 2005 Apr;17(2):116-22. doi: 10.1016/j.ceb.2005.02.007.
Plant genomes contain very large families of genes encoding receptor-like kinases (RLKs). In recent years, several of these RLKs have been shown by biochemical and mutational analysis to represent receptors for peptides, and the emerging picture shows that peptide signalling in development and self/non-self perception is based on a similar repertoire of receptors and signalling cascades. The need to recognize multiple peptide signals in self/non-self recognition may have led to the surprising radiation and diversification of RLKs in the plant kingdom.
植物基因组包含非常大的编码类受体激酶（RLK）的基因家族。近年来，通过生化和突变分析表明，其中一些RLK代表肽的受体，并且新出现的情况表明，发育和自我/非自我识别中的肽信号传导基于类似的受体和信号级联反应。在自我/非自我识别中识别多种肽信号的需求可能导致了植物界RLK惊人的辐射和多样化。
