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  31 January 2024 | Open Access

  SHR and SCR coordinate root patterning and growth early in the cell cycle

  Quantitative time-resolved microscopy analysis of SHR and SCR dynamics in single cells of living Arabidopsis roots shows that these transcription factors coordinate formative and proliferative cell divisions early in the cell cycle.

  • Cara M. Winter
  • , Pablo Szekely
  •  & Philip N. Benfey

• Article | 14 September 2022

  Glucose-driven TOR–FIE–PRC2 signalling controls plant development

  Glucose signalling via TOR controls growth and differentiation through regulation of genome-wide histone methylation via FERTILIZATION-INDEPENDENT ENDOSPERM (FIE).

  • Ruiqiang Ye
  • , Meiyue Wang
  •  & Jen Sheen

• Letter | 09 January 2019

  High levels of auxin signalling define the stem-cell organizer of the vascular cambium

  In the roots of Arabidopsis thaliana, cells with xylem identity and high levels of auxin signalling function as organizer cells that direct neighbouring vascular cambial cells to act as stem cells.

  • Ondřej Smetana
  • , Riikka Mäkilä
  •  & Ari Pekka Mähönen

• Letter | 06 June 2018

  A molecular rheostat adjusts auxin flux to promote root protophloem differentiation

  The coordinated action of BREVIS RADIX (BRX) and PROTEIN KINASE ASSOCIATED WITH BRX (PAX) regulates auxin flux during the development of protophloem sieve elements in the root meristem of Arabidopsis.

  • P. Marhava
  • , A. E. L. Bassukas
  •  & C. S. Hardtke

• Letter | 26 July 2017

  In vivo FRET–FLIM reveals cell-type-specific protein interactions in Arabidopsis roots

  Imaging in living Arabidopsis roots reveals that protein complexes can change their conformation in a cell-type-dependent manner to regulate specific gene expression programs leading to precise specification and maintenance of particular cell fates within the root meristem.

  • Yuchen Long
  • , Yvonne Stahl
  •  & Ikram Blilou