ReviewThe Plant cell2012
Systems analysis of shoot apical meristem growth and development: integrating hormonal and mechanical signaling.
Review in The Plant cell, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers.
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62 citing papers in PubMed, 143 citations in OpenAlex.
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- The Shoot Apical Meristem: An Evolutionary Molding of Higher Plants.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Functional Modules in the Meristems: "Tinkering" in Action.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- The central role of stem cells in determining plant longevity variation.Plant communications · 2023Review
- Valorisation ofHeliyon · 2023Article
- Salinity-Triggered Responses in Plant Apical Meristems for Developmental Plasticity.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Efficient protocol ofFrontiers in plant science · 2023Article
- Molecular framework integrating nitrate sensing in root and auxin-guided shoot adaptive responses.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022Article
- Genome-wide and molecular characterization of theFrontiers in genetics · 2022Article
- Microneedle Array-Assisted, Direct Delivery of Genome-Editing Proteins Into Plant Tissue.Frontiers in plant science · 2022Article
- Auxin and Cytokinin Interplay during Leaf Morphogenesis and Phyllotaxy.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Genetic basis and network underlying synergistic roots and shoots biomass accumulation revealed by genome-wide association studies in rice.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- A sustainedPlant signaling & behavior · 2020Article
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Abstract
The shoot apical meristem (SAM) is a small population of stem cells that continuously generates organs and tissues. This review covers our current understanding of organ initiation by the SAM in Arabidopsis thaliana. Meristem function and maintenance involves two major hormones, cytokinins and auxins. Cytokinins appear to play a major role in meristem maintenance and in controlling meristematic properties, such as cell proliferation. Self-organizing transport processes, which are still only partially understood, lead to the patterned accumulation of auxin at particular positions, where organs will grow out. A major downstream target of auxin-mediated growth regulation is the cell wall, which is a determinant for both growth rates and growth distribution, but feedbacks with metabolism and the synthetic capacity of the cytoplasm are crucial as well. Recent work has also pointed at a potential role of mechanical signals in growth coordination, but the precise mechanisms at work remain to be elucidated.
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