A quantitative and dynamic model for plant stem cell regulation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Geier, Florian ^a,e   Lohmann, Jan U ^b,c   Gerstung, Moritz ^a,d   Maier, Annette T ^b   Timmer, Jens ^a   Fleck, Christian ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e Center for Biological Systems Analysis ZBSA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN CLAVATA3; PROTEIN WUSCHEL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APICAL MERISTEM; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT CELL; PLANT LIFE CYCLE STAGE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; TOTIPOTENT STEM CELL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MERISTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HOMEOSTASIS; MERISTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 56249084935     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003553     Document Type: Article

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