title: Plant development: size matters, and it's all down to hormones.
abstract: How do plants determine the number of dividing cells required to optimise root growth and ensure seedling establishment? The signals auxin, cytokinin and gibberellin control the balance between cell division and differentiation by regulating SHY2.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Plant Integrative Biology, University of Nottingham, LE12 5RD, UK.
authors.forename: Susana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ubeda-Tomas
authors.forename: Malcolm J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Bennett
mesh_terms: D063245:Plant Development; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators / Q000502:physiology*; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000254:growth & development
chemical_list: D010937:Plant Growth Regulators