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SCIENCE
Volume 347, Issue 6222, Pages 655-659Publisher
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.aaa0196
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- NSF [IOS-0817544, IOS-1121055, IOS-0822411]
- NIH (NIH/NIGMS) [5 R01 GM072764]
- Division Of Integrative Organismal Systems
- Direct For Biological Sciences [1121055] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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The root meristem consists of populations of distal and proximal stem cells and an organizing center known as the quiescent center. During embryogenesis, initiation of the root meristem occurs when an asymmetric cell division of the hypophysis forms the distal stem cells and quiescent center. We have identified NO TRANSMITTING TRACT (NTT) and two closely related paralogs as being required for the initiation of the root meristem. All three genes are expressed in the hypophysis, and their expression is dependent on the auxin-signaling pathway. Expression of these genes is necessary for distal stem cell fate within the root meristem, whereas misexpression is sufficient to transform other stem cell populations to a distal stem cell fate in both the embryo and mature roots.
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