title: Pattern formation during early floral development.
abstract: Flowers are central to sexual reproduction in plants. The study of floral development proved tremendously successful in obtaining key insight into processes, such as fate determination, pattern formation, and growth regulation. Recent advances relate to the complex mechanisms underlying the crosstalk between phytohormone signaling, cell and tissue mechanics, and regulatory gene networks that positions floral buds at the apex and directs floral specification, initiation and outgrowth. Furthermore, progress has been made in elucidating the intercellular communication and temporal coordination necessary to organize the behavior of the various functional subdomains within the young flower.
authors: Entwicklungsbiologie der Pflanzen, Wissenschaftszentrum Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, Emil-Ramann-Str. 4, 85354 Freising, Germany.
authors: Prasad
authors: P
authors: Vaddepalli
authors: Entwicklungsbiologie der Pflanzen, Wissenschaftszentrum Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, Emil-Ramann-Str. 4, 85354 Freising, Germany.
authors: Sebastian
authors: S
authors: Scholz
authors: Entwicklungsbiologie der Pflanzen, Wissenschaftszentrum Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, Emil-Ramann-Str. 4, 85354 Freising, Germany. Electronic address: kay.schneitz@tum.de.
authors: Kay
authors: K
authors: Schneitz
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000254:growth & development*; D019521:Body Patterning / Q000502:physiology*; D002450:Cell Communication / Q000502:physiology*; D035264:Flowers / Q000254:growth & development*; D053263:Gene Regulatory Networks / Q000502:physiology*; D063245:Plant Development / Q000502:physiology*; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D010937:Plant Growth Regulators