The PLETHORA genes mediate patterning of the Arabidopsis root stem cell niche.

By M. Aida, D. Beis, R. Heidstra, V. Willemsen, Ikram Blilou, Carla Galinha, L. Nussaume, Yoo‐Sun Noh, R. Amasino, Ben Scheres. Cell, 2004

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Subfields: Molecular Biology, Plant Science

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In Molecular Biology

1. Jir□í Friml
2. Ben Scheres
3. T. Beeckman
4. H. Fukaki
5. P. Overvoorde
6. A. Litt
7. Klaus Palme
8. Taku Demura

In Plant Science

1. Jir□í Friml
2. Ben Scheres
3. T. Beeckman
4. H. Fukaki
5. P. Overvoorde
6. A. Litt
7. Klaus Palme
8. Martin Crespi

Citations in the corpus

• Comprehending crystalline β-carotene accumulation by comparing engineered cell models and the natural carotenoid-rich system of citrus (2011, neutral): “Auxin-responsive ARF5 and ARF7 stimulate expression of PLT genes, and PLTs and BBM also stimulate root cap differentiation (Aida et al., 2004; Galinha et al., 2007).”
• Plant root growth, architecture and function (2009, background): “Indeed, PLT genes are pivotal determinants of QC and stem cell identity (Aida et al. 2004).”
• APETALA2/Ethylene Responsive Factor (AP2/ERF) transcription factors: mediators of stress responses and developmental programs. (2013, background): “The ANT-like proteins, AP2-06 (PLETHORA1, PLT1) and AP2-07 (PLT2), act as key effectors for establishment of the stem cell niche during embryonic pattern formation in Arabidopsis (Aida et al., 2004).”
• Transcriptional regulation of ROS controls transition from proliferation to differentiation in the root. (2010, background): “The PLETHORA (PLT) proteins have been shown to determine the position of the stem cell niche and are required to maintain stem cell activity (Aida et al., 2004).”
• Auxin in action: signalling, transport and the control of plant growth and development (2006, background): “PLETHORA proteins, for example, provide positional information that is necessary for proper root development and depend on auxin (through ARF5 and ARF7) for their expressio”
• Control of Root Cap Formation by MicroRNA-Targeted Auxin Response Factors in Arabidopsisw⃞ (2005, background): “The expression of PLT, a root stem cell niche marker, is disrupted in the mp mutant (Aida et al., 2004).”
• An Evaluation of A‐Function: Evidence from the APETALA1 and APETALA2 Gene Lineages (2007, background): “…of the genes characterized in the ANT clade, including ANT, belong to the euANT subclade except one (WRINKLED1) (Kim et al. 2006), and it is plausible that these all play roles in cell proliferation and development of young organs (Boutilier et al. 2002; Aida et al. 2004; Nole-Wilson et al. 2005).”
• Auxin control of root development. (2010, background): “The PLETHORA (PLT1-4) genes represent a subclade of AP2 transcription factors that are required to define the root-stem cell niche (Aida et al. 2004).”
• The PIN auxin efflux facilitator network controls growth and patterning in Arabidopsis roots (2005, background): “Furthermore, we assess how the PLETHORA ( PLT ) genes, which encode auxin-inducible AP2-domain putative transcription factors necessary and sufficient for stem cell specification in the root primordiu”
• Regulation of Somatic Embryogenesis in Higher Plants (2010, background): “BBM is expressed in the root meristem (Aida et al., 2004), but BBM overexpression does not appear to induce ectopic root or root meristem formation in Arabidopsis.”
• The Ancestral Developmental Tool Kit of Land Plants (2007, background): “Analysis of expression patterns and ectopic expression studies have implicated other ANT-like genes in the regulation of floral meristems and floral organ growth (Nole-Wilson et al. 2005), whereas PLT1 and PLT2 have been shown to regulate the stem cell niche of root meristems (Aida et al. 2004).”
• Transcription switches for protoxylem and metaxylem vessel formation. (2005, background): “In contrast, only little is known about the master genes directing cell fate in plants, except for GL2 and PLT for differentiation of plant hair cells and the quiescent center as a stem cell niche in root, respectively (Schiefelbein 2003; Aida et al. 2004).”