Transcriptional control of the cell cycle.
Cell division is a highly coordinated process. In the last decades, many plant cell cycle regulators have been identified. Strikingly, only a few transcriptional regulators are known, although a significant amount of the genome is transcribed in a cell cycle phase-dependent manner. E2F-DP transcription factors and three repeat MYB proteins are responsible for the expression of genes at the G1-to-S and G2-to-M transition, respectively. However, these two mechanisms cannot explain completely the transcriptional regulation seen during the cell cycle. Correspondingly, several new transcriptional regulators have been characterized, stressing the importance of transcriptional control during the cell cycle.
Berckmans
Barbara
B
Department of Plant Systems Biology, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Technologiepark 927, 9052 Gent, Belgium.
De Veylder
Lieven
L
D002453:Cell Cycle; D002843:Chromatin / Q000235:genetics; D050684:E2F Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D059828:Plant Cells; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
D002843:Chromatin; D050684:E2F Transcription Factors