Cell lineage analysis of maize bundle sheath and mesophyll cells.

Journal article

Maize leaves are divided into repeated longitudinal units consisting of vascular tissue, bundle sheath (BS), and mesophyll (M) cells. We have carried out a cell lineage analysis of these cell types using six spontaneous striping mutants of maize. We show that certain cell division patterns are preferentially utilized, but not required, to form the characteristic arrangement of cell types. Our data suggest that early in development a central cell layer is formed, most frequently by periclinal ...

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Authors: Langdale, J; Lane, B; Freeling, M; Nelson, T

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Developmental biology
• Volume: 133
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 128-139
• Publication date: 1989-05-01
• DOI: 10.1016/0012-1606(89)90304-7
• EISSN: 1095-564X
• ISSN: 0012-1606
• Language: English
• Keywords: Cell Differentiation; Zea mays; Mutation; Cell Division; Plants; Stem Cells; Phenotype