Controlling Size in Multicellular Organs: Focus on the Leaf
Open Access
- 15 July 2008
- journal article
- unsolved mystery
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Biology
- Vol. 6 (7), e174
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0060174
Abstract
In leaves, cells get larger as cell division decreases or the ploidy increases. This might seem a logical response, but the controls are more complicated.Keywords
This publication has 31 references indexed in Scilit:
- BIN4, a Novel Component of the Plant DNA Topoisomerase VI Complex, Is Required for Endoreduplication in ArabidopsisPlant Cell, 2007
- Large‐scale histological analysis of leaf mutants using two simple leaf observation methods: identification of novel genetic pathways governing the size and shape of leavesThe Plant Journal, 2006
- The E3 Ubiquitin Ligase BIG BROTHER Controls Arabidopsis Organ Size in a Dosage-Dependent MannerCurrent Biology, 2006
- The advantages and disadvantages of being polyploidNature Reviews Genetics, 2005
- How Cells Coordinate Growth and DivisionCurrent Biology, 2004
- Cell cycle: the key to plant growth control?Trends in Plant Science, 2003
- Interpretation of mutants in leaf morphology: Genetic evidence for a compensatory system in leaf morphogenesis that provides a new link between cell and organismal theoriesInternational Review of Cytology, 2002
- Functional Analysis of Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitors of ArabidopsisPlant Cell, 2001
- Two independent and polarized processes of cell elongation regulate leaf blade expansion in Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh.Development, 1996
- Relationship between Endopolyploidy and Cell Size in Epidermal Tissue of Arabidopsis.Plant Cell, 1993