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Mobile signals, patterning, and positional information in root development

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Itay Cohen
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Idan Efroni *
DOI:10.1093/plphys/kiae532delete
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Multicellular organisms use mobile intercellular signals to generate spatiotemporal patterns of growth and differentiation. These signals, termed morphogens, arise from localized sources and move by diffusion or directional transport to be interpreted at target cells. The classical model for a morphogen is where a substance diffuses from a source to generate a concentration gradient that provides positional information across a field. This concept, presented by Wolpert and popularized as the French Flag Model, remains highly influential, but other patterning models, which do not rely on morphogen gradients, also exist. Here, we review current evidence for mobile morphogenetic signals in plant root development and how they fit within existing conceptual frameworks for pattern formation. We discuss how the signals are formed, distributed, and interpreted in space and time, emphasizing the regulation of movement on the ability of morphogens to specify patterns. While significant advances have been made in the field since the first identification of mobile morphogenetic factors in plants, key questions remain to be answered, such as how morphogen movement is regulated, how these mechanisms allow scaling in different species, and how morphogens act to enable plant regeneration in response to damage
Keywords:
STEM-CELL NICHE
ARABIDOPSIS ROOT
INTERCELLULAR MOVEMENT
TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR
MICRORNA MIR396
AUXIN RESPONSE
PROTEIN
SCARECROW
ACTS
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Plant Physiology cover
Plant Physiology
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6.9
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Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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