MONOPTEROS controls embryonic root initiation by regulating a mobile transcription factor

Alexandra Schlereth, Barbara Möller, Weilin Liu, Marika Kientz, Jacky Flipse, Eike H. Rademacher, Markus Schmid, Gerd Jürgens () and Dolf Weijers ()
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Alexandra Schlereth: Entwicklungsgenetik, Zentrum für Molekularbiologie der Pflanzen (ZMBP), Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 3, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
Barbara Möller: Laboratory of Biochemistry, Wageningen University, Dreijenlaan 3, 6703 HA Wageningen, the Netherlands
Weilin Liu: Laboratory of Biochemistry, Wageningen University, Dreijenlaan 3, 6703 HA Wageningen, the Netherlands
Marika Kientz: Entwicklungsgenetik, Zentrum für Molekularbiologie der Pflanzen (ZMBP), Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 3, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
Jacky Flipse: Laboratory of Biochemistry, Wageningen University, Dreijenlaan 3, 6703 HA Wageningen, the Netherlands
Eike H. Rademacher: Laboratory of Biochemistry, Wageningen University, Dreijenlaan 3, 6703 HA Wageningen, the Netherlands
Markus Schmid: Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Spemannstrasse 37–39, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
Gerd Jürgens: Entwicklungsgenetik, Zentrum für Molekularbiologie der Pflanzen (ZMBP), Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 3, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
Dolf Weijers: Entwicklungsgenetik, Zentrum für Molekularbiologie der Pflanzen (ZMBP), Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 3, 72076 Tübingen, Germany

Nature, 2010, vol. 464, issue 7290, 913-916

Abstract: Root identity in plant embryos During Arabidopsis embryogenesis, a single cell — called the hypophysis — is specified to become the founder cell of the root meristem in response to signals from adjacent cells. Hypophysis specification requires an auxin responsive transcription factor, MONOPTEROS, which promotes transport of auxin from the embryo to the hypophysis precursor. In this study, Dolf Weijers and colleagues identify MONOPTEROS target genes and show how they mediate root formation.

Date: 2010
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