Article
Cytokinin signaling and its inhibitor AHP6 regulate cell fate during vascular development.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 6 Jan 2006
Mähönen Ari Pekka, Bishopp Anthony, Higuchi Masayuki, Nieminen Kaisa M, Kinoshita Kaori, Törmäkangas Kirsi, Ikeda Yoshihisa, Oka Atsuhiro, Kakimoto Tatsuo, Helariutta Ykä
Abstract excerpt
The cell lineages that form the transporting tissues (xylem and phloem) and the intervening pluripotent procambial tissue originate from stem cells near the root tip. We demonstrate that in Arabidopsis, cytokinin phytohormones negatively regulate protoxylem specification. AHP6, an inhibitory pseudophosphotransfer protein, counteracts cytokinin signaling, allowing protoxylem formation. Conversely, cytokinin...
Topics
- Adenosine Triphosphate
- Alleles
- Arabidopsis
- Arabidopsis Proteins
- Benzyl Compounds
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Division
- Cell Lineage
- Cloning, Molecular
- Cytokinins
