Root development: the embryo within?
Root growth is sustained by stem cells maintained at the root tip. Recent evidence suggests that genes required to maintain root stem cells also specify root identity in the early embryo.
Sablowski
Robert
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Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK. Robert.Sablowski@bbsrc.ac.uk
D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000196:embryology*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D007210:Indoleacetic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000166:cytology / Q000196:embryology*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism
D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D007210:Indoleacetic Acids; C493246:PLT1 protein, Arabidopsis; C493247:PLT2 protein, Arabidopsis; C100978:SCR protein, Arabidopsis; D014157:Transcription Factors; C116421:WUSCHEL protein, Arabidopsis