System biology of nitrogen-carbon-signal integration in the overall Arabidopsis signaling network.

Plant development is under the control of abiotic environment. Nitrogen (N) and Carbon (C) signaling are well known to interact together, but also with a set of diverse signaling pathways including light and the plant hormones, auxin or cytokinin. Relationships of C/N balance with these growth factors are hypothesized to trigger the regulation of broad developmental processes such as root/shoot development or flowering.