title: Root development: the embryo within?
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK. Robert.Sablowski@bbsrc.ac.uk
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sablowski
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: 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