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Synthesis of very-long-chain fatty acids in the epidermis controls plant organ growth by restricting cell proliferation.
PLoS biology - 1 Jan 2013
Nobusawa Takashi, Okushima Yoko, Nagata Noriko, Kojima Mikiko, Sakakibara Hitoshi, Umeda Masaaki
Abstract excerpt
Plant organ growth is controlled by inter-cell-layer communication, which thus determines the overall size of the organism. The epidermal layer interfaces with the environment and participates in both driving and restricting growth via inter-cell-layer communication. However, it remains unknown whether the epidermis can send signals to internal tissue to limit cell proliferation in determinate growth....
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