The long and the short of it: Signaling development through plasmodesmata

Jackson, D. P. (December 2001) The long and the short of it: Signaling development through plasmodesmata. Plant Cell, 13 (12). pp. 2569-2572. ISSN 1040-4651

Abstract

Developmental biologists seek to explain the generation of complex three-dimensional organisms from the starting point of a single cell and its genetic complement. During this incredible transformation, different cell fates rarely are specified intrinsically; rather, the fates of individual cells or groups of cells usually are under the control of external signals that are conserved and recycled throughout the development of the organism. Therefore, developmental mechanisms commonly involve cell-to-cell communication, using signals from neighboring cells or from distant tissues. Elegant mosaic analysis studies show us that many developmental genes act nonautonomously, indicating that they feed into pathways for intercellular signaling. For example, genes involved in leaf patterning (Harper and Freeling, 1996), in the floral transition (Colasanti et al., 1998), and in the homeotic control of flower development (Perbal et al., 1996; Jenik and Irish, 2001) act nonautonomously.

Item Type: Paper
Uncontrolled Keywords: CELL-TO-CELL cell to cell MAIZE HOMEOBOX GENE Maize momeobox gene MESSENGER-RNA messenger RNA mRNA PLANTS plants PROTEINS proteins KNOTTED1 knotted1 TRAFFICKING trafficking HOMEODOMAIN homeodomain EXPRESSION expression transport TRANSPORT
Subjects: bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > protein structure, function, modification > protein types > knotted1
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > genes, structure and function > genes: types > knotted1
organism description > plant behavior > plasmodesmata
organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > sub-cellular tissues: types and functions > plasmodesmata
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Communities: CSHL labs > Jackson lab
Depositing User: CSHL Librarian
Date: December 2001
Date Deposited: 03 Apr 2012 20:33
Last Modified: 11 Jan 2017 21:52
PMCID: PMC1464714
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URI: https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/25913

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