The astonishingly long lives of plants and their regeneration capacity depend on the activity
of plant stem cells. As in animals, stem cells reside in stem cell niches, which produce …

Epigenetic mechanisms form the basis of cellular memory, developmental decisions, and
the cellular immune system that defends against transposons and viruses. Organs develop …

A key question in plant biology is how oriented cell divisions are integrated with patterning
mechanisms to generate organs with adequate cell type allocation. In the root vasculature, a …

Germin-like proteins (GLPs) are evolutionary conserved ubiquitous plant glycoproteins
belonging to the cupin superfamily. A large number of GLP family members have been …

Pluripotent stem cells localized in proliferating growth centers, the meristems, are the origin
of life-long organ formation and growth in higher plants. In the shoot apical meristem of …

Argonaute (AGO) proteins are the core components of the RNA-induced silencing
complexes (RISC) in the cytoplasm and nucleus, and are necessary for the development of …

The shoot apical meristem (SAM) consists of a population of multipotent cells that generates
all aerial structures and regenerates itself. SAM maintenance and lateral organ development …

The CRISPR/Cas system became a powerful genome editing tool for basic plant research
and crop improvement. Thus far, CRISPR/Cas has been applied to many plants, including …

This report is the outcome of an EFSA procurement aiming at investigating and summarising
the state of knowledge on (I) the mode-of-action of dsRNA and miRNA pathways,(II) the …

In angiosperms, germline precursors and germ cells are always attached to or engulfed
within somatic companion cells until just before fertilization. This is because sperm and egg …