Where steroids meet the cell cycle in architecture

Peter Bommert; Arp Schnittger

doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2015.07.008

Where steroids meet the cell cycle in architecture

Dev Cell. 2015 Jul 27;34(2):131-2. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2015.07.008.

Authors

Peter Bommert¹, Arp Schnittger²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Developmental Biology, Biozentrum Klein Flottbek, University of Hamburg, D-22607 Hamburg, Germany.
² Department of Developmental Biology, Biozentrum Klein Flottbek, University of Hamburg, D-22607 Hamburg, Germany. Electronic address: arp.schnittger@uni-hamburg.de.

PMID: 26218318
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2015.07.008

Abstract

Understanding how plant architecture is controlled is not only important from a developmental point of view, but it also has direct consequence for agriculture. Reporting in this issue of Developmental Cell, Sun et al. (2015) unravel a cascade from Brassinosteroids to a poorly understood U-type cyclin in rice leaf erectness.

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MeSH terms

Brassinosteroids / metabolism*
Cell Proliferation / genetics*
Cyclins / metabolism*
Oryza / growth & development*
Plant Leaves / physiology*

Substances

Brassinosteroids
Cyclins