Plant development: small RNAs and the metamorphosis of leaves

Daniel H Chitwood; Neelima R Sinha

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.10.013

Plant development: small RNAs and the metamorphosis of leaves

Curr Biol. 2014 Nov 17;24(22):R1087-9. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.10.013. Epub 2014 Nov 17.

Authors

Daniel H Chitwood¹, Neelima R Sinha²

Affiliations

¹ Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO 63132, USA. Electronic address: dchitwood@danforthcenter.org.
² Department of Plant Biology, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA. Electronic address: nrsinha@ucdavis.edu.

PMID: 25458218
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.10.013

Abstract

In many plant species, the degree of serration and complexity in successive leaves increases. A new study suggests that small-RNA-mediated licensing of competitive interactions between transcription factors links the developmental clock regulating vegetative phase change with leaf morphology.

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MeSH terms

Arabidopsis / genetics*