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Information processing without brains--the power of intercellular regulators in plants.

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2010-04
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Busch, Wolfgang
Benfey, Philip N
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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 article
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Arabidopsis
Automatic 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/10161/4171
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10.1242/dev.034868
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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.
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