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ACAULIS5 controls Arabidopsis xylem specification through the prevention of premature cell death.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Aug 2008
Muñiz Luis, Minguet Eugenio G, Singh Sunil Kumar, Pesquet Edouard, Vera-Sirera Francisco, Moreau-Courtois Charleen L, Carbonell Juan, Blázquez Miguel A, Tuominen Hannele
Abstract excerpt
Cell size and secondary cell wall patterning are crucial for the proper functioning of xylem vessel elements in the vascular tissues of plants. Through detailed anatomical characterization of Arabidopsis thaliana hypocotyls, we observed that mutations in the putative spermine biosynthetic gene ACL5 severely affected xylem specification: the xylem vessel elements of the acl5 mutant were small and mainly of the...
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