title: The role of hormones in shoot apical meristem function.
abstract: Plant organs are produced in meristems in a continuous and predictable but nevertheless flexible manner. Phytohormones and transcription factors cooperate to balance meristem maintenance and organ production. Recent research has provided clues to the mechanisms underlying this cooperation. KNOTTED1-like homeobox (KNOX) and WUSCHEL (WUS) transcription factors facilitate high cytokinin activity in the shoot apical meristem (SAM), whereas high gibberellin and auxin activities promote the initiation of lateral organs at specific sites in the SAM flanks.
authors.affiliation: The Robert H Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: Eilon
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shani
authors.forename: Osnat
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yanai
authors.forename: Naomi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ori
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D003583:Cytokinins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D015536:Down-Regulation; D005875:Gibberellins / Q000378:metabolism; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D007210:Indoleacetic Acids; D018519:Meristem / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000254:growth & development; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D003583:Cytokinins; D005875:Gibberellins; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D007210:Indoleacetic Acids; C095848:Kn1 protein, plant; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators; D010940:Plant Proteins; C116421:WUSCHEL protein, Arabidopsis