Vascular patterning: more than just auxin?
The plant hormone auxin has long been known to play a pivotal role in vascular patterning and differentiation. But auxin is not the whole story: recent genetic analyses have identified additional factors required for vascular patterning, one of them involving sterols.
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Institute of Plant Sciences, Altenbergrain 21, CH-3013 Bern, Switzerland. didier.reinhardt@ips.unibe.ch
D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D007210:Indoleacetic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D063245:Plant Development; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000166:cytology*; D018547:Plant Stems / Q000166:cytology*; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism; D013261:Sterols / Q000378:metabolism*
D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; C474658:COV1 protein, Arabidopsis; D007210:Indoleacetic Acids; D013261:Sterols