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Arabidopsis epigenetic factor AS2 mitigates nucleolar stress and promotes flat leaf development by repressing a CDK inhibitor.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 15 Sept 2026
Nakagawa Ayami, Iwakawa Hidekazu, Takahashi Hiro, Vial-Pradel Simon, Takahashi Mari, Ohga Kazuomi, Ito Takuma, Tamai Motoki, Takada Eri, Keta Sumie, Ishibashi Nanako, Ando Sayuri, Ohbayashi Iwai, Ito Masaki, Yamazaki Mami, Sato Ayato, Umeda Masaaki, Cha Byung-Yoon, Woo Je-Tae, Sasabe Michiko, Sugiyama Munetaka, Kojima Shoko, Machida Yasunori, Machida Chiyoko
Abstract excerpt
The Arabidopsis thaliana leaf, which exhibits a symmetrically extended flat morphology, consists of two distinct cellular domains: adaxial and abaxial layers. The ASYMMETRIC LEAVES2 (AS2) gene is essential for specifying the adaxial domain, and its protein forms nucleolar structures, termed AS2 bodies, at ribosomal-DNA loci. Numerous nucleolus-related genes have been reported to be cooperatively involved in leaf...
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- Arabidopsis
- Plant Leaves
- Cell Nucleolus
- Arabidopsis Proteins
