A flower is born: an update on Arabidopsis floral meristem formation

•Flower development requires de novo formation of a stem cell niche.•Auxin and cytokinin signaling interact to trigger emergence of floral meristems.•Meristem growth and floral fate determination are intimately coupled.•Several key floral regulators share unexpected structural features. In Arabidops...

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Published in:Current opinion in plant biology 2017-02, Vol.35, p.15-22
Main Authors: Denay, Grégoire, Chahtane, Hicham, Tichtinsky, Gabrielle, Parcy, François
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arabidopsis - genetics
Arabidopsis - growth & development
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology
Cell Differentiation
Flowers - genetics
Flowers - growth & development
Life Sciences
Meristem - genetics
Meristem - growth & development
Vegetal Biology
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Summary:•Flower development requires de novo formation of a stem cell niche.•Auxin and cytokinin signaling interact to trigger emergence of floral meristems.•Meristem growth and floral fate determination are intimately coupled.•Several key floral regulators share unexpected structural features. In Arabidopsis, floral meristems appear on the flanks of the inflorescence meristem. Their stereotypic development, ultimately producing the four whorls of floral organs, is essentially controlled by a network coordinating growth and cell-fate determination. This network integrates hormonal signals, transcriptional regulators, and mechanical constraints. Mechanisms regulating floral meristem formation have been studied at many different scales, from protein structure to tissue modeling. In this paper, we review recent findings related to the emergence of the floral meristem and floral fate determination and examine how this field has been impacted by recent technological developments.
ISSN:1369-5266
1879-0356
DOI:10.1016/j.pbi.2016.09.003