The Cell Cycle Control and Plant Development

About this book

Covers all major aspects of the cell cycle including cyclins, CDK inhibitors and phosphorylation, cell cycle control and activation, developments of trichomes, fruits, and the endosperm. Final chapters deal with the hormonal control of cell division, and environmental stress and cell cycle exit.

Contents

1. The growing family of plant cyclin-dependent kinases with multiple functions in cellular and developmental regulation 2. The plant cyclins 3. CDK inhibitors 4. The UPS: an engine that drives the cell cycle 5. CDK phosphorylation 6. E2F-DP transcription factors 7. Function of the retinoblastoma-related protein in plants 8. Auxin fuels the cell cycle engine during lateral root initiation 9. Cell cycle control during leaf development 10. Physiological relevance and molecular control of the endocycle in plants 11. Insights into the endocycle from trichome development 12. Cell cycle control and fruit development 13. Cell cycle and endosperm development 14. Hormonal regulation of cell cycle progression and its role in development 15. Cell cycle and environmental stresses

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Biography

Professor Dirk Inze, Scientific Director of the Department of Plant Systems Biology, Ghent University, Belgium.