Adventitious roots and lateral roots: similarities and differences

C Bellini, DI Pacurar, I Perrone - Annual review of plant biology, 2014 - annualreviews.org
In addition to its role in water and nutrient uptake, the root system is fundamentally important
because it anchors a plant to its substrate. Although a wide variety of root systems exist …

The timing of developmental transitions in plants

I Bäurle, C Dean - Cell, 2006 - cell.com
Plants rely heavily on environmental cues to control the timing of developmental transitions.
We are beginning to better understand what determines the timing of two of these …

Regulation of AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR3 by TAS3 ta-siRNA affects developmental timing and patterning in Arabidopsis

N Fahlgren, TA Montgomery, MD Howell, E Allen… - Current biology, 2006 - cell.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) and trans-acting siRNAs (ta-siRNAs) in plants form through distinct
pathways, although they function as negative regulators of mRNA targets by similar …

Plant responses to photoperiod

SD Jackson - New Phytologist, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Photoperiod controls many developmental responses in animals, plants and even fungi. The
response to photoperiod has evolved because daylength is a reliable indicator of the time of …

A genome-wide characterization of microRNA genes in maize

L Zhang, JM Chia, S Kumari, JC Stein, Z Liu… - PLoS …, 2009 - journals.plos.org
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, non-coding RNAs that play essential roles in plant growth,
development, and stress response. We conducted a genome-wide survey of maize miRNA …

Genome-Wide Analysis of the RNA-DEPENDENT RNA POLYMERASE6/DICER-LIKE4 Pathway in Arabidopsis Reveals Dependency on miRNA- and tasiRNA …

MD Howell, N Fahlgren, EJ Chapman… - The Plant …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Posttranscriptional RNA silencing of many endogenous transcripts, viruses, and transgenes
involves the RNA-DEPENDENT RNA POLYMERASE6/DICER-LIKE4 (RDR6/DCL4) …

Radial variation in wood structure and function in woody plants, and hypotheses for its occurrence

B Lachenbruch, JR Moore, R Evans - Size-and age-related changes in …, 2011 - Springer
Woody stems, branches, and roots display large progressive changes in structure and
function from the pith outwards, a pattern known as the core/outerwood or juvenile/mature …

Regulation of transcription in plants: mechanisms controlling developmental switches

K Kaufmann, A Pajoro, GC Angenent - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2010 - nature.com
Unlike animals, plants produce new organs throughout their life cycle using pools of stem
cells that are organized in meristems. Although many key regulators of meristem and organ …

Misexpression of miR482, miR1512, and miR1515 increases soybean nodulation

H Li, Y Deng, T Wu, S Subramanian, O Yu - Plant physiology, 2010 - academic.oup.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are important regulators of plant growth and development. Previously,
we identified a group of conserved and novel miRNA families from soybean (Glycine max) …

Big impacts by small RNAs in plant development

G Chuck, H Candela, S Hake - Current opinion in plant biology, 2009 - Elsevier
The identification and study of small RNAs, including microRNAs and trans-acting small
interfering RNAs, have added a layer of complexity to the many pathways that regulate plant …