A dynamic model for stem cell homeostasis and patterning in Arabidopsis meristems

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Hohm, Tim ^a,b   Zitzler, Eckart ^b   Simon, Rüdiger ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL REGENERATION; GENE CONTROL; HOMEOSTASIS; MERISTEM; NONHUMAN; STEM CELL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CLV3 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; WUSCHEL PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HOMEOSTASIS; MERISTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PLANT SHOOTS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 77949448146     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009189     Document Type: Article

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