Information processing without brains--the power of intercellular regulators in plants.
Abstract
Plants exhibit different developmental strategies than animals; these are characterized
by a tight linkage between environmental conditions and development. As plants have
neither specialized sensory organs nor a nervous system, intercellular regulators
are essential for their development. Recently, major advances have been made in understanding
how intercellular regulation is achieved in plants on a molecular level. Plants use
a variety of molecules for intercellular regulation: hormones are used as systemic
signals that are interpreted at the individual-cell level; receptor peptide-ligand
systems regulate local homeostasis; moving transcriptional regulators act in a switch-like
manner over small and large distances. Together, these mechanisms coherently coordinate
developmental decisions with resource allocation and growth.
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Journal articleSubject
ArabidopsisAutomatic Data Processing
Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
Plant Development
Plant Growth Regulators
Plant Physiological Phenomena
Plants
Quercus
Transcription, Genetic
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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/4171Published Version (Please cite this version)
10.1242/dev.034868Publication Info
Busch, Wolfgang; & Benfey, Philip N (2010). Information processing without brains--the power of intercellular regulators in plants.
Development, 137(8). pp. 1215-1226. 10.1242/dev.034868. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/4171.This is constructed from limited available data and may be imprecise. To cite this
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