Article
Regulation of phyllotaxis by polar auxin transport.
Nature - 20 Nov 2003
Reinhardt Didier, Pesce Eva-Rachele, Stieger Pia, Mandel Therese, Baltensperger Kurt, Bennett Malcolm, Traas Jan, Friml Jirí, Kuhlemeier Cris
Abstract excerpt
The regular arrangement of leaves around a plant's stem, called phyllotaxis, has for centuries attracted the attention of philosophers, mathematicians and natural scientists; however, to date, studies of phyllotaxis have been largely theoretical. Leaves and flowers are formed from the shoot apical meristem, triggered by the plant hormone auxin. Auxin is transported through plant tissues by specific cellular...
Topics
- Arabidopsis
- Arabidopsis Proteins
- Biological Transport
- Body Patterning
- Flowers
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Indoleacetic Acids
- Membrane Proteins
- Membrane Transport Proteins
- Meristem
- Mutation