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Transcriptional Control of the Plant Cell Cycle

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Cell Division Control in Plants

Part of the book series: Plant Cell Monographs ((CELLMONO,volume 9))

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Progression through the eukaryotic cell cycle is driven and controlled by interlocked oscillatingmechanisms, including reversible protein phosphorylation, protein degradation and temporally regulated geneexpression. Advances in cell synchronization techniques have enabled the genome-wide characterization oftemporally regulated gene expression patterns in Arabidopsis, but the cognate transcription factors remainlargely unknown. In other eukaryotic model organisms, the network components involved in orchestratingcell cycle phase-specific gene expression are being identified and their regulatory logic delineated. Thischapter reviews progress in our understanding of cell cycle regulated gene expression in plants.

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Doerner, P. (2007). Transcriptional Control of the Plant Cell Cycle. In: Verma, D.P.S., Hong, Z. (eds) Cell Division Control in Plants. Plant Cell Monographs, vol 9. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/7089_2007_120

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