TY - JOUR AU - EyĆ¼boglu, Banu AU - Pfister, Karen AU - Haberer, Georg AU - Chevalier, David AU - Fuchs, Angelika AU - Mayer, Klaus FX AU - Schneitz, Kay PY - 2007 DA - 2007/03/30 TI - Molecular characterisation of the STRUBBELIG-RECEPTOR FAMILY of genes encoding putative leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinases in Arabidopsis thaliana JO - BMC Plant Biology SP - 16 VL - 7 IS - 1 AB - Receptor-like kinases are a prominent class of surface receptors that regulate many aspects of the plant life cycle. Despite recent advances the function of most receptor-like kinases remains elusive. Therefore, it is paramount to investigate these receptors. The task is complicated by the fact that receptor-like kinases belong to a large monophyletic family with many sub-clades. In general, functional analysis of gene family members by reverse genetics is often obscured by several issues, such as redundancy, subtle or difficult to detect phenotypes in mutants, or by decision problems regarding suitable biological and biochemical assays. Therefore, in many cases additional strategies have to be employed to allow inference of hypotheses regarding gene function. SN - 1471-2229 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2229-7-16 DO - 10.1186/1471-2229-7-16 ID - EyĆ¼boglu2007 ER -