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ArticleThe New phytologist2020

How grass keeps growing: an integrated analysis of hormonal crosstalk in the maize leaf growth zone.

Dirk De Vos, Hilde Nelissen, Hamada AbdElgawad, Els Prinsen, Jan Broeckhove, Dirk Inzé, Gerrit T S Beemster

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Article in The New phytologist, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Gibberellins: extending the Green Revolution.Journal of experimental botany · 2025
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  3. Article
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  5. Roles of auxin pathways in maize biology.Journal of experimental botany · 2023
    Review
  6. Modeling reveals posttranscriptional regulation of GA metabolism enzymes in response to drought and cold.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022
    Article
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Dirk De VosLaboratory for Integrated Plant Physiology Research (IMPRES), Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, 2020, Antwerp, Belgium.
Hilde NelissenDepartment of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-7494-1290
Hamada AbdElgawadLaboratory for Integrated Plant Physiology Research (IMPRES), Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, 2020, Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-9764-9006
Els PrinsenLaboratory for Integrated Plant Physiology Research (IMPRES), Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, 2020, Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-4320-1585
Jan BroeckhoveModeling Of Systems And Internet Communication (MOSAIC), Department of Mathematics and Informatics, University of Antwerp, 2020, Antwerp, Belgium.
Dirk InzéDepartment of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-3217-8407
Gerrit T S BeemsterLaboratory for Integrated Plant Physiology Research (IMPRES), Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, 2020, Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-6014-053X
University of Antwerp · BEGhent University · BEBeni-Suef University · EG

Funding

European Research Council 339341
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We studied the maize leaf to understand how long-distance signals, auxin and cytokinin, control leaf growth dynamics. We constructed a mathematical model describing the transport of these hormones along the leaf growth zone and their interaction with the local gibberellin (GA) metabolism in the control of cell division. Assuming gradually declining auxin and cytokinin supply at the leaf base, the model generated spatiotemporal hormone distribution and growth patterns that matched experimental data. At the cellular level, the model predicted a basal leaf growth as a result of cell division driven by auxin and cytokinin. Superimposed on this, GA synthesis regulated growth through the control of the size of the region of active cell division. The predicted hormone and cell length distributions closely matched experimental data. To correctly predict the leaf growth profiles and final organ size of lines with reduced or elevated GA production, the model required a signal proportional to the size of the emerged part of the leaf that inhibited the basal leaf growth driven by auxin and cytokinin. Excision and shading of the emerged part of the growing leaf allowed us to demonstrate that this signal exists and depends on the perception of light intensity.

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Plant Growth RegulatorsZea maysCytokininsGene Expression Regulation, PlantIndoleacetic AcidsPlant LeavesPoaceaeCytokininsIndoleacetic AcidsPlant Growth Regulatorsdevelopmentgrowth regulationmaizemodellingsimulation

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PMID31705666
PMCPMC7116270
OpenAlexW2988164528

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