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Cell type specification and self renewal in the vegetative shoot apical meristem
1Department of Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 445 Henry Mall, Madison WI, 52706 USA. mkbarton@facstaff.wisc.edu
Current Opinion in Plant Biology
|March 6, 1999
Abstract:
The vegetative shoot apical meristem of seed plants is the site of new leaf and stem formation. In the past few years genes that regulate fundamental aspects of shoot growth and development have been discovered. The recent study of these genes and their products through the use of appropriate mutants has opened new doors to understanding the molecular mechanisms of shoot apical meristem function.