SERRATE coordinates shoot meristem function and leaf axial patterning in Arabidopsis.

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Leaves of flowering plants are determinate organs produced by pluripotent structures termed shoot apical meristems. Once specified, leaves differentiate an adaxial (upper) side specialized for light capture, and an abaxial (lower) side specialized for gas exchange. A functional relationship between meristem activity and the differentiation of adaxial leaf fate has been recognized for over fifty years, but the molecular basis of this interaction is unclear. In Arabidopsis thaliana, activity of...

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Authors: Grigg, S; Canales, C; Hay, A; Tsiantis, M

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Nature
• Volume: 437
• Issue: 7061
• Pages: 1022-1026
• Publication date: 2005-10-01
• DOI: 10.1038/nature04052
• EISSN: 1476-4687
• ISSN: 0028-0836
• Language: English
• Keywords: RNA, Plant; Arabidopsis; MicroRNAs; Body Size; Alleles; Gene Silencing; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; Arabidopsis Proteins; Calcium-Binding Proteins; Plant Proteins; Plant Leaves; Dexamethasone; RNA, Messenger; Homeodomain Proteins; Membrane Proteins; Meristem; Flowers; Body Patterning