Does Early Embryogenesis in Eudicots and Monocots Involve the Same Mechanism and Molecular Players?

Peng Zhao; Kevin Begcy; Thomas Dresselhaus; Meng-Xiang Sun

doi:10.1104/pp.16.01406

Does Early Embryogenesis in Eudicots and Monocots Involve the Same Mechanism and Molecular Players?

Plant Physiol. 2017 Jan;173(1):130-142. doi: 10.1104/pp.16.01406. Epub 2016 Dec 1.

Authors

Peng Zhao^{1

2}, Kevin Begcy^{1

2}, Thomas Dresselhaus^{3

4}, Meng-Xiang Sun^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ College of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China (P.Z., M.-X.S.); and.
² Cell Biology and Plant Biochemistry, Biochemie-Zentrum Regensburg, University of Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany (K.B., T.D.).
³ College of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China (P.Z., M.-X.S.); and thomas.dresselhaus@ur.de mxsun@whu.edu.cn.
⁴ Cell Biology and Plant Biochemistry, Biochemie-Zentrum Regensburg, University of Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany (K.B., T.D.) thomas.dresselhaus@ur.de mxsun@whu.edu.cn.

Abstract

A comparison of eudicot and monocot model plants explores recent advances and open questions on gene regulatory networks during zygote development, parental influences on early embryogenesis, zygotic genome activation, and cell fate determination.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Cell Communication
Cell Differentiation
Cell Division
Cell Lineage
Gene Regulatory Networks*
Genome, Plant / genetics*
Genomic Imprinting*
Indoleacetic Acids / metabolism
Magnoliopsida / embryology*
Magnoliopsida / genetics
Magnoliopsida / physiology
Plant Growth Regulators / metabolism
Zygote / growth & development*
Zygote / physiology

Substances

Indoleacetic Acids
Plant Growth Regulators