A timing mechanism for stem cell maintenance and differentiation in the Arabidopsis floral meristem

• Published in: Genes & development Vol. 23; no. 15; pp. 1791 - 1804
• Main Authors: Sun, Bo, Xu, Yifeng, Ng, Kian-Hong, Ito, Toshiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 01.08.2009
• Subjects: AGAMOUS Protein, Arabidopsis - metabolism; Arabidopsis - cytology; Arabidopsis - growth & development; Arabidopsis Proteins - metabolism; Carrier Proteins - metabolism; Cell Differentiation; Flowers - cytology; Flowers - growth & development; Flowers - metabolism; Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; Histones - metabolism; Homeodomain Proteins - metabolism; Meristem - cytology; Meristem - growth & development; Phenotype; Promoter Regions, Genetic; Protein Binding; Research Paper; Stem Cells - cytology; Stem Cells - metabolism; Stem Cells - physiology; Time Factors

Developmental regulation of the floral meristem ensures that plants of the same species have similarly sized flowers with a fixed number of floral organs. The maintenance of stem cells in the floral meristem is terminated after the production of a fixed number of floral organ primordia. Precise repr...