2020
Reprogramming of Stem Cell Activity to Convert Thorns into Branches
Zhang F, Rossignol P, Huang T, Wang Y, May A, Dupont C, Orbovic V, Irish VF. Reprogramming of Stem Cell Activity to Convert Thorns into Branches. Current Biology 2020, 30: 2951-2961.e5. PMID: 32559443, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.05.068.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGene networksShoot stem cell nicheStem cellsTCP transcription factorsExpression of WUSCHELStem cell quiescenceStem cell nicheStem cell activityStem cell proliferationCitrus genesAngiosperm speciesPlant architectureShoot apicalApical meristemTranscription factorsCell nicheCell quiescenceMeristemFunction of componentsWUSCHELCell proliferationConcomitant conversionCrop yieldFunction resultsCells
2017
The ABC model of floral development
Irish V. The ABC model of floral development. Current Biology 2017, 27: r887-r890. PMID: 28898659, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.03.045.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsFlowersGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGene Expression Regulation, PlantMagnoliopsidaPhenotypePlant Proteins
2006
Functional Analyses of Two Tomato APETALA3 Genes Demonstrate Diversification in Their Roles in Regulating Floral Development
de Martino G, Pan I, Emmanuel E, Levy A, Irish VF. Functional Analyses of Two Tomato APETALA3 Genes Demonstrate Diversification in Their Roles in Regulating Floral Development. The Plant Cell 2006, 18: 1833-1845. PMID: 16844904, PMCID: PMC1533988, DOI: 10.1105/tpc.106.042978.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCore eudicotsFloral developmentMADS-box transcription factorsDifferent expression domainsBox transcription factorFunctional differencesAP3 lineageAPETALA3 (AP3) geneEuAP3 lineageStamen identityAncestral roleStamen developmentHomeotic transformationsLineage genesExpression domainsBiochemical capabilitiesTranscription factorsFunctional analysisFunction mutationsGenesLineagesArabidopsisEudicotsEquivalent domainsExpression contributes
1999
Copying out our ABCs: the role of gene redundancy in interpreting genetic hierarchies
Martienssen R, Irish V. Copying out our ABCs: the role of gene redundancy in interpreting genetic hierarchies. Trends In Genetics 1999, 15: 435-437. PMID: 10529802, DOI: 10.1016/s0168-9525(99)01833-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPatterning the Flower
Irish V. Patterning the Flower. Developmental Biology 1999, 209: 211-220. PMID: 10328916, DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9226.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1998
Molecular Evolution of Genes Controlling Petal and Stamen Development: Duplication and Divergence Within the APETALA3 and PISTILLATA MADS-Box Gene Lineages
Kramer E, Dorit R, Irish V. Molecular Evolution of Genes Controlling Petal and Stamen Development: Duplication and Divergence Within the APETALA3 and PISTILLATA MADS-Box Gene Lineages. Genetics 1998, 149: 765-783. PMID: 9611190, PMCID: PMC1460198, DOI: 10.1093/genetics/149.2.765.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceArabidopsis ProteinsEvolution, MolecularGenes, PlantHomeodomain ProteinsMADS Domain ProteinsMolecular Sequence DataMultigene FamilyPapaverPhylogenyPlant ProteinsPlant StructuresPlants, MedicinalSequence AlignmentSequence Analysis, DNASequence Homology, Amino AcidSolanum lycopersicumTranscription FactorsConceptsDuplication eventsGene lineagesLower eudicotHigher eudicotsPI genesMADS-box gene familyMajor duplication eventsFloral organ identityMultiple duplication eventsAP3 lineageStamen identityOrgan identityEudicot lineagesHomeotic genesDicot speciesMolecular evolutionStamen developmentGene familyAPETALA3Such genesEudicotsPistillataLineagesGenesSimilar functions
1997
Floral homeotic gene expression defines developmental arrest stages inBrassica oleracea L. vars.botrytis anditalica
Carr S, Irish V. Floral homeotic gene expression defines developmental arrest stages inBrassica oleracea L. vars.botrytis anditalica. Planta 1997, 201: 179-188. PMID: 9084216, DOI: 10.1007/bf01007702.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFloral homeotic gene expressionFloral organ initiationFloral organ primordiaHomeotic gene expressionAmino acid sequenceOrgan initiationOrgan primordiaGene productsAcid sequenceHomologDevelopmental arrestExpression patternsGene expressionMolecular levelEarly arrestL. varPhenotypeSame familyArrestExpressionBrassicaceaeMeristemCauliflowerSpatial patternsOleracea
1996
Cellular Interactions Mediated by the HomeoticPISTILLATAGene Determine Cell Fate in theArabidopsisFlower
Bouhidel K, Irish V. Cellular Interactions Mediated by the HomeoticPISTILLATAGene Determine Cell Fate in theArabidopsisFlower. Developmental Biology 1996, 174: 22-31. PMID: 8626018, DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0048.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMeristematic cellsShoot apical meristem cellsShoot apical meristemDetermines cell fateCell-cell communicationApical meristem cellsDifferentiation of cellsArabidopsis plantsInner tissue layersArabidopsis flowersCoordinated divisionFloral organsPISTILLATA genesCell fateApical meristemFate mapMeristem cellsFloral primordiaChromosomal deletionsCellular interactionsFlowersEpidermal tissueInternal tissuesCellsPistillata