The Roles of Plant Hormones and Their Interactions with Regulatory Genes in Determining Meristem Activity

• Published in: International journal of molecular sciences Vol. 20; no. 16; p. 4065
• Main Authors: Lee, Ze Hong, Hirakawa, Takeshi, Yamaguchi, Nobutoshi, Ito, Toshiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 20.08.2019; MDPI
• Subjects: Adenosine; AGAMOUS; Arabidopsis - cytology; Arabidopsis - metabolism; Arabidopsis Proteins - genetics; Arabidopsis Proteins - metabolism; Arabidopsis thaliana; auxin; Biological activity; Biosynthesis; Cell division; Cell fate; CLAVATA; cytokinin; Cytokinins; Cytokinins - metabolism; floral meristem; Gene expression; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant - genetics; Gene regulation; Genes; Homeostasis; Hormones; Indoleacetic Acids - metabolism; Kinases; Ligands; Meristem - cytology; Meristem - metabolism; Meristems; Mutation; Organs; Phytohormones; Proteins; Review; Roles; Seeds; shoot apical meristem; Signal transduction; Stem cells; Transcription; WUSCHEL; Arabidopsis thaliana; floral meristem; cytokinin; auxin; shoot apical meristem; WUSCHEL; CLAVATA; AGAMOUS

Plants, unlike animals, have developed a unique system in which they continue to form organs throughout their entire life cycle, even after embryonic development. This is possible because plants possess a small group of pluripotent stem cells in their meristems. The shoot apical meristem (SAM) plays...