Plant development /

A subgroup of homeobox genes, which play an important role in the developmental processes of a variety of multicellular organisms, Hox genes have been shown to play a critical role in vertebrate pattern formation. Hox genes can be thought of as general purpose control genes-that is, they are similar...

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Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Timmermans, Marja C. P.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Amsterdam : Academic Press, 2010.
Series:Current topics in developmental biology ; 91.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Current Topics in Developmental Biology; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1. Green Beginnings
  • Pattern Formation in the Early Plant Embryo; Introduction-Seeds and Embryos; Landmarks of Embryo Pattern Formation; Regulation of Embryo Pattern Formation; Evolutionary Aspects of Plant Embryogenesis; Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgments; References; 2. Light-Regulated Plant Growth and Development; Multiple Photoreceptors to Sense a Variety of Light Colorsand Intensities; Physiological Responses Mediated by Plant Photoreceptors; Photomorphogenesis in a Changing Environment
  • Sites of Perception and Action of a Light SignalSignal Transduction; Concluding Remarks; References; 3. Root Development-Two Meristems for the Price of One?; Introduction; Structure of the Root; Ontogeny of Roots; The Root Stem Cell Niche; The Meristematic Zone; Elongation; Differentiation; Concluding Remarks; References; 4. Shoot Apical Meristem Form and function; Introduction; Shoot Apical Meristem Organization; Shoot Apical Meristem Maintenance; Lateral Organ Initiation; Phyllotaxis; Communication Between the SAM and Differentiated Tissues; Floral Meristem Termination
  • Live Imaging and Computational Modeling TechnologyConcluding Remarks; 5. Signaling Sides: Adaxial-Abaxial Patterning in Leaves; Leaves Evolved Late in Land Plant History; Leaves Develop from a Patterned Meristem; Maintaining Polarity beyond the Meristem; Determinants of Adaxial Fate-PHANTASTICA; Determinants of Adaxial Fate-The HD-ZIPIII Genes; Regulation of HD-ZIPIII Activity; Determinants of Abaxial Fate-The KAN Genes; Determinants of Abaxial Fate-The AUXIN RESPONSE FACTORS; Regulation of ARF3 and ARF4 by the TAS3 ta-siRNA Pathway
  • How Are These Polarized Gene Expression Domains Established?Maintenance of Organ Polarity-Cross-Talk between PolarityDeterminants; Downstream Genes Regulating Medio-Lateral Blade Outgrowth; Why So Complicated?; Acknowledgments; References; 6. Evolution Of Leaf Shape: A Pattern Emerges; Introduction; Determinacy and Leaf Dissection; The Patterning of Growth During Leaf Development; The Role of Auxin in Leaf Patterning; What Distinguishes Lobes, Leaflets, and Blade?; The Perception of Auxin Maxima and Specificationof Differential Growth; Homologies in Leaf Development; Acknowledgments