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NATURE REVIEWS CANCER
Volume 10, Issue 11, Pages 793-802Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nrc2942
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- BBSRC [BB/D52189X/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BBS/E/J/00000594, BBS/E/J/00000129, BB/D52189X/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/D52189X/1, BBS/E/J/00000129, BBS/E/J/00000594] Funding Source: Medline
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In plants, as in animals, most cells that constitute the organism limit their reproductive potential in order to provide collective support for the immortal germ line. And, as in animals, the mechanisms that restrict the proliferation of somatic cells in plants can fail, leading to tumours. There are intriguing similarities in tumorigenesis between plants and animals, including the involvement of the retinoblastoma pathway as well as overlap with mechanisms that are used for stem cell maintenance. However, plant tumours are less frequent and are not as lethal as those in animals. We argue that fundamental differences between plant and animal development make it much more difficult for individual plant cells to escape communal controls.
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