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
2015
Temporal Control of Plant Organ Growth by TCP Transcription Factors
Huang T, Irish VF. Temporal Control of Plant Organ Growth by TCP Transcription Factors. Current Biology 2015, 25: 1765-1770. PMID: 26073137, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.05.024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPost-mitotic cell expansionCell divisionArabidopsis petalsPetal developmentCell expansionCIN-TCP genesTCP transcription factorsZinc finger transcriptional repressorPlant organ growthCell cycle progressionPetal organogenesisTranscriptional repressorOrgan formRepression resultsTranscription factorsPetal initiationOrgan growthDevelopmental eventsLamina growthExcellent modelTemporal controlCell proliferationPetalsDivisionTurn act
1998
5 Petal and Stamen Development
Irish V. 5 Petal and Stamen Development. Current Topics In Developmental Biology 1998, 41: 133-161. PMID: 9784975, DOI: 10.1016/s0070-2153(08)60272-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOrgan identityStamen developmentFloral homeotic genesMolecular genetic processesSpecies-specific patternsSpecific differentiation processesField of cellsPlasticity of responseHomeotic genesEpigenetic informationEnvironmental signalsDevelopmental plasticityGene expressionDifferentiated tissuesGenetic processesDifferentiation processOrgan typeIndividual cellsCell proliferationGenesPetalsCellsGrowth dynamicsWide arrayPlasticity