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SLOW MOTION is required for within-plant auxin homeostasis and normal timing of lateral organ initiation at the shoot meristem in Arabidopsis.
The Plant cell - 1 Feb 2010
Lohmann Daniel, Stacey Nicola, Breuninger Holger, Jikumaru Yusuke, Müller Dörte, Sicard Adrien, Leyser Ottoline, Yamaguchi Shinjiro, Lenhard Michael
Abstract excerpt
The regular arrangement of leaves and flowers around a plant's stem is a fascinating expression of biological pattern formation. Based on current models, the spacing of lateral shoot organs is determined by transient local auxin maxima generated by polar auxin transport, with existing primordia draining auxin from their vicinity to restrict organ formation close by. It is unclear whether this mechanism encodes...
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