title: The timing of developmental transitions in plants.
abstract: Plants rely heavily on environmental cues to control the timing of developmental transitions. We are beginning to better understand what determines the timing of two of these transitions, the switch from juvenile to adult vegetative development and the transition to flowering. In this review, we discuss how RNA silencing mechanisms may influence the juvenile-to-adult vegetative switch. We also describe the discovery and regulation of a component of "florigen," the mobile flowering promotion signal that is involved in the transition to flowering. Parallel themes are beginning to emerge from a molecular comparison of these two developmental transitions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK.
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bäurle
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dean
mesh_terms: D001683:Biological Clocks; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000502:physiology; D004777:Environment; D035264:Flowers / Q000502:physiology; D008027:Light; D017440:Photoperiod; D063245:Plant Development; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics; D034622:RNA Interference; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering