Biology 360: Plant Development

Links to reading assignments

Clark, S.E. Organ Formation at the Vegetative Shoot Meristem.
http://www.plantcell.org/cgi/reprint/9/7/1067.pdf

Cosgrove, D.J. Relaxation in a High-Stress Environment: The Molecular Bases of Extensible Cell Walls and Cell Enlargement.
http://www.plantcell.org/cgi/reprint/9/7/1031.pdf

Laux, T. and Jurgens, G. Embryogenesis: A New Start in Life.
http://www.plantcell.org/cgi/reprint/9/7/989.pdf

Lenhard, M., Jurgens, G. and Laux, T. The WUSCHEL and SHOOTMERISTEMLESS genes fulfil complementary roles in Arabidopsis shoot meristem regulation.
http://dev.biologists.org/cgi/reprint/129/13/3195.pdf

Lenhard, M. and Laux, T. Stem cell homeostasis in the Arabidopsis shoot meristem is regulated by intercellular movement of CLAVATA3 and its sequestration by CLAVATA1.
http://dev.biologists.org/cgi/reprint/130/14/3163.pdf

McConnell, J.R., et al. Role of PHABULOSA and PHAVOLUTA in determining radial patterning in shoots.
http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=4651655&db=aph

McConnell, J.R. and Barton, M.K. Leaf polarity and meristem formation in Arabidopsis.
http://dev.biologists.org/cgi/reprint/125/15/2935.pdf

Pien, Stephane, et al. Local expression of expansin induces the entire process of leaf development and modifies leaf shape.
http://www.pnas.org/cgi/reprint/98/20/11812.pdf

Sabatini, S., et al. SCARECROW is involved in positioning the stem cell niche in the Arabidopsis root meristem. Genes & Development, 17 (2003): 354-358.
http://www.genesdev.org/cgi/reprint/17/3/354.pdf

Schiefelbein, J.W., et al. Building a Root: The Control of Patterning and Morphogenesis during Root Development.
http://www.plantcell.org/cgi/reprint/9/7/1089.pdf

Other articles on e-reserve (and physical reserve at Windsor Science Library).


Please contact Professor Diane Robertson at robertdc@grinnell.edu with course related questions.


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