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SUBMITTER: Shimotohno A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6075145 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shimotohno Akie A Heidstra Renze R Blilou Ikram I Scheres Ben B
Genes & development 20180717 15-16
Continuous formation of somatic tissues in plants requires functional stem cell niches where undifferentiated cells are maintained. In <i>Arabidopsis thaliana</i>, <i>PLETHORA</i> (<i>PLT</i>) and <i>SCARECROW</i> (<i>SCR</i>) genes are outputs of apical-basal and radial patterning systems, and both are required for root stem cell specification and maintenance. The <i>WUSCHEL-RELATED HOMEOBOX 5</i> (<i>WOX5</i>) gene is specifically expressed in and required for functions of a small group of roo ...[more]