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Reprogramming of Stem Cell Activity to Convert Thorns into Branches.
Current biology : CB - 3 Aug 2020
Zhang Fei, Rossignol Pascale, Huang Tengbo, Wang Yewei, May Alan, Dupont Christopher, Orbovic Vladimir, Irish Vivian F
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Thorns arise from axillary shoot apical meristems that proliferate for a time and then terminally differentiate into a sharp tip. Like other meristems, thorn meristems contain stem cells but, in the case of thorns, these stem cells undergo a programmed cessation of proliferative activity. Using Citrus, we characterize a gene network necessary for thorn development. We identify two Citrus genes, THORN IDENTITY1...
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