Abstract
The study of cell cycle control in plants is expected to contribute to the understanding of plants' unique developmental features. The principal regulators of the eukaryotic cell cycle, namely, cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) and cyclins, are also conserved in plants. This review is concerned with our present knowledge on cell cycle regulation in Arabidopsis thaliana, which is widely accepted as a model plant for the study of a broad range of biological questions. Up to the present, 2 CDKs and 11 cyclins have been identified in Arabidopsis. While the expression of one of these CDKs has been found to be positively correlated with the competence of cells to divide, cyc1A1 expression of the cyclin has been almost exclusively confined to dividing cells. Although much remains to be studied concerning upstream regulators of these genes, the successful introduction of mutant CDKs into plants demonstrates the potential of using such an approach to intentionally modulate the plant cell cycle and development.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 97-112 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1996 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors thank Liz Corben for critical reading of the manuscript and Martine De Cock for help preparing it. The authors thank all members of the cell cycle group in Gent for their contribution over the years. This work was supported by grants from the Belgian Programme on Interuniversity Poles of Attraction (Prime Minister’s Office, Science Policy Programming, #38) and the Vlaams Ac tieprogramma B i o technologie (ETC 002). 0. S. is indebted to the Rothschild Foundation and the European Molecular Biology Organization for fellowships. D. I. is a Research Director of the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (France).
Funding
The authors thank Liz Corben for critical reading of the manuscript and Martine De Cock for help preparing it. The authors thank all members of the cell cycle group in Gent for their contribution over the years. This work was supported by grants from the Belgian Programme on Interuniversity Poles of Attraction (Prime Minister’s Office, Science Policy Programming, #38) and the Vlaams Ac tieprogramma B i o technologie (ETC 002). 0. S. is indebted to the Rothschild Foundation and the European Molecular Biology Organization for fellowships. D. I. is a Research Director of the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (France).
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| Vlaams Ac tieprogramma B i o technologie | ETC 002 |
Keywords
- Arabidopsis thaliana
- CDK
- Cell cycle
- Cyclin
- Plant development
- Plant hormone
- cdc2