title: Plant development: slowing root growth naturally.
abstract: What determines organ size? A screen for plant strains showing natural variation in root length has identified a novel gene that modulates root growth rate by controlling cell division and elongation at the root tip.
authors.affiliation: Section of Plant Biology, University of California at Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA. jnmaloof@ucdavis.edu
authors.forename: Julin N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Maloof
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000235:genetics; D018844:Cyclin-Dependent Kinases / Q000235:genetics*; D014644:Genetic Variation; D018519:Meristem / Q000166:cytology* / Q000235:genetics; D010641:Phenotype; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development*
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; C434472:CDKA1 protein, Arabidopsis; D018844:Cyclin-Dependent Kinases