title: Symmetric development: transcriptional regulation of symmetry transition in plants.
abstract: Symmetry breaking and re-establishment is an important developmental process that occurs during the development of multicellular organisms. A new report determines that transcription factors regulate a symmetry transition event in plants by modifying the direction of auxin transport. This provides one of the first mechanistic descriptions of a transition from bilateral to radial symmetry in plants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RB, UK. Electronic address: liam.dolan@plants.ox.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Liam
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dolan
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000254:growth & development*; D007210:Indoleacetic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D009024:Morphogenesis / Q000235:genetics*; D063245:Plant Development / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D007210:Indoleacetic Acids