Plant meristems: the fiendish SU DOKU of stem-cell maintenance.
Three recent studies have uncovered effector mechanisms and novel pathways in the regulation of the dynamic changes to cell behaviour that occur in plant meristems. The results show how exquisite regulation of cell-cycle mechanisms is central to root stem cell homeostasis.
Doerner
Peter
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Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JH, UK. Peter.Doerner@ed.ac.uk
D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000235:genetics; D025461:Feedback, Physiological; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D018519:Meristem / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008957:Models, Genetic; D059828:Plant Cells; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism
D010940:Plant Proteins