Cell walls are highly dynamic structures that provide mechanical support for plant cells
during growth, development and adaptation to a changing environment. Thus, it is important …

Like communities of people, communities of cells must continuously communicate to thrive.
Polypeptide signaling molecules that act as mobile ligands are widely used by eukaryotic …

Plants maintain populations of pluripotent stem cells in shoot apical meristems (SAMs),
which continuously produce new aboveground organs. We used single-cell RNA …

In the shoot meristem, both WUSCHEL (WUS) and SHOOT MERISTEMLESS (STM), two
transcription factors with overlap** spatiotemporal expression patterns, are essential for …

Stem cell homeostasis in plant shoot meristems requires tight coordination between stem
cell proliferation and cell differentiation. In Arabidopsis, stem cells express the secreted …

Structural variation in plant genomes is a significant driver of phenotypic variability in traits
important for the domestication and productivity of crop species. Among these are traits that …

To maintain the balance between long-term stem cell self-renewal and differentiation,
dynamic signals need to be translated into spatially precise and temporally stable gene …

The development of plant tissues requires cell–cell communication facilitated by chemical
and peptide hormones, including small signaling peptides in the CLAVATA3/EMBRYO …

In angiosperms, a negative feedback pathway involving CLAVATA3 (CLV3) peptide and
WUSCHEL transcription factor maintains the stem-cell population in the shoot apical …

Great progress has been made in our understanding of floral organ identity determination
and its regulatory network in many species; however, the quantitative genetic basis of floral …