Embryogenesis: Pattern Formation from a Single Cell Export

@article{Berleth2002epf, abstract = {During embryogenesis a single cell gives rise to a functional multicellular organism. In higher plants, as in many other multicellular systems, essential architectural features, such as body axes and major tissue layers are established early in embryogenesis and serve as a positional framework for subsequent pattern elaboration. In Arabidopsis, the apical-basal axis and the radial pattern of tissues wrapped around it is already anatomically recognizable in very young embryos of approximately a hundred cells. This early axial pattern seems to provide a coordinate system for the embryonic initiation of shoot and root. Findings from genetic studies in Arabidopsis are revealing molecular mechanisms underlying the initial establishment of the axial core pattern and its subsequent elaboration into functional shoots and roots. The genetic programs operating in the early embryo organize functional cell patterns rapidly and reproducibly from minimal cell numbers. Understanding their molecular details could therefore greatly expand our ability to generate plant body patterns de novo, with important implications for plant breeding and biotechnology.}, author = {Berleth, T. and Chatfield, S.}, citeulike-article-id = {405055}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.bioone.org.ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca/bioone/?request=get-document&issn=1543-8120&volume=007&issue=01&page=0001}, journal = {The Arabidopsis Book}, keywords = {arabidopsis, embryogenesis, root\_meristem, shoot\_meristem}, number = {1}, pages = {1--88}, posted-at = {2005-11-22 20:26:50}, priority = {2}, publisher = {American Society of Plant Biologists}, title = {Embryogenesis: Pattern Formation from a Single Cell}, url = {http://www.bioone.org.ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca/bioone/?request=get-document&issn=1543-8120&volume=007&issue=01&page=0001}, volume = {7}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - Berleth2002epf L3 - citeulike-article-id:405055 N2 - During embryogenesis a single cell gives rise to a functional multicellular organism. In higher plants, as in many other multicellular systems, essential architectural features, such as body axes and major tissue layers are established early in embryogenesis and serve as a positional framework for subsequent pattern elaboration. In Arabidopsis, the apical-basal axis and the radial pattern of tissues wrapped around it is already anatomically recognizable in very young embryos of approximately a hundred cells. This early axial pattern seems to provide a coordinate system for the embryonic initiation of shoot and root. Findings from genetic studies in Arabidopsis are revealing molecular mechanisms underlying the initial establishment of the axial core pattern and its subsequent elaboration into functional shoots and roots. The genetic programs operating in the early embryo organize functional cell patterns rapidly and reproducibly from minimal cell numbers. Understanding their molecular details could therefore greatly expand our ability to generate plant body patterns de novo, with important implications for plant breeding and biotechnology. IS - 1 JF - The Arabidopsis Book EP - 88 TI - Embryogenesis: Pattern Formation from a Single Cell PB - American Society of Plant Biologists VL - 7 SP - 1 KW - arabidopsis KW - embryogenesis KW - root_meristem KW - shoot_meristem AU - Berleth, T AU - Chatfield, S PY - 2002/// UR - http://www.bioone.org.ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca/bioone/?request=get-document&issn=1543-8120&volume=007&issue=01&page=0001 ER -