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

Year: 2019

Type: review

Abstract: 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 a key role in forming all of the aerial structures of plants, including floral meristems (FMs). The FMs subsequently give rise to the floral organs containing reproductive structures. Studies in the past few decades have revealed the importance of transcription factors and secreted peptides in meristem activity using the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Recent advances in genomic, transcriptomic, imaging, and modeling technologies have allowed us to explore the interplay between transcription factors, secreted peptides, and plant hormones. Two different classes of plant hormones, cytokinins and auxins, and their interaction are particularly important for controlling SAM and FM development. This review focuses on the current issues surrounding the crosstalk between the hormonal and genetic regulatory network during meristem self-renewal and organogenesis.

Source: International Journal of Molecular Sciences

DOI: 10.3390/ijms20164065

Authors: Ze Hong Lee, Takeshi Hirakawa, Nobutoshi Yamaguchi, Toshiro Ito

Institutions: Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency

Language: English

Topic: Plant Molecular Biology Research

Subfield: Plant Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,824

Funders: Lotte Foundation, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology