Multifaceted roles of TCP transcription factors in fate determination

Y Wang, Y Cao, G Qin - New Phytologist, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Fate determination is indispensable for the accurate sha** and specialization of plant
organs, a process critical to the structural and functional diversity in plant kingdom. The …

Is auxin enough? Cytokinins and margin patterning in simple leaves

S Navarro-Cartagena, JL Micol - Trends in Plant Science, 2023 - cell.com
The interplay between auxin and cytokinins affects facets of plant development as different
as ovule formation and lateral root initiation. Moreover, cytokinins favor complexity in the …

Control of compound leaf patterning by MULTI-PINNATE LEAF1 (MPL1) in chickpea

Y Liu, Y Yang, R Wang, M Liu, X Ji, Y He… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Plant lateral organs are often elaborated through repetitive formation of developmental units,
which progress robustly in predetermined patterns along their axes. Leaflets in compound …

The protein–protein interaction landscape of transcription factors during gynoecium development in Arabidopsis

H Herrera-Ubaldo, SE Campos, P López-Gómez… - Molecular Plant, 2023 - cell.com
Flowers are composed of organs whose identity is defined by the combinatorial activity of
transcription factors (TFs). The interactions between MADS-box TFs and protein complex …

To stripe or not to stripe: the origin of a novel foliar pigmentation pattern in monkeyflowers (Mimulus)

AM LaFountain, HE McMahon, NM Reid… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The origin of phenotypic novelty is one of the most challenging problems in evolutionary
biology. Although genetic regulatory network rewiring or co‐option has been widely …

Genome-wide characterization of the TALE homeodomain family and the KNOX-BLH interaction network in tomato

K Ezura, A Nakamura, N Mitsuda - Plant Molecular Biology, 2022 - Springer
Key message Comprehensive yeast and protoplast two-hybrid analyses illustrated the
protein–protein interaction network of the TALE homeodomain protein family, KNOX and …

Modulation of cell differentiation and growth underlies the shift from bud protection to light capture in cauline leaves

C Le Gloanec, A Gómez-Felipe… - Plant …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Plant organs have evolved into diverse shapes for specialized functions despite emerging
as simple protrusions at the shoot apex. Cauline leaves serve as photosynthetic organs and …

GRAS transcription factor PINNATE-LIKE PENTAFOLIATA2 controls compound leaf morphogenesis in Medicago truncatula

L He, Y Liu, Y Mao, X Wu, X Zheng, W Zhao… - The Plant …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The milestone of compound leaf development is the generation of separate leaflet primordia
during the early stages, which involves two linked but distinct morphogenetic events: leaflet …

CINCINNATA-like TCP transcription factors in cell growth–an expanding portfolio

M Rath, KR Challa, K Sarvepalli, U Nath - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Post-mitotic cell growth is a key process in plant growth and development. Cell expansion
drives major growth during morphogenesis and is influenced by both endogenous factors …

Class II knotted‐like homeodomain protein SlKN5 with BEL1‐like homeodomain proteins suppresses fruit greening in tomato fruit

K Ezura, Y Lu, Y Suzuki, N Mitsuda… - The Plant …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
SUMMARY Knotted1‐like homeodomain (KNOX) proteins are essential in regulating plant
organ differentiation. Land plants, including tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), have two …