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Root Development in Arabidopsis

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The development of higher plants involves the formation of repeated structural units throughout the life of the organism. The formation of these structures from populations of stem cells, organogenesis, can be simplified into a number of subprocesses. Pattern formation can be considered to be the roughing out of discrete pattern elements within a population of cells. Morphogenesis includes the activities, such as cell division and expansion, that generate the final shape from these pattern elements. Defining the molecular bases of these activities using a combination of genetic, molecular and surgical approaches is the aim of studies of development in the Arabidopsis root. This chapter will describe experiments that provide insight into the nature of signals involved in cell and tissue patterning and the characterization of a small number of genes that are involved in the patterning process. The final section will deal with the development of lateral roots and how environmental factors such as NO\(\mathop 3\limits^ - \) availability, impingeupon the development of root architecture.

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  1. MPI für Molekulare Genetik, Ihnestraße 73, D-14195, Berlin, Germany

    Vincenzo E. A. Russo

  2. Leeds Institute of Plant Biochemistry and Agriculture, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS29JT, Great Britain

    David J. Cove

  3. Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, 80302, CO, USA

    Lois G. Edgar

  4. Whitehead Institute, Nine Cambridge Center, Cambridge, 02141, MA, USA

    Rudolf Jaenisch

  5. MPI für Züchtungsforschung, Carl-von-Linné-Weg 10, Köln, D-50829, Germany

    Francesco Salamini

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Dolan, L. (1999). Root Development in Arabidopsis . In: Russo, V.E.A., Cove, D.J., Edgar, L.G., Jaenisch, R., Salamini, F. (eds) Development. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59828-9_9

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