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Organ regeneration does not require a functional stem cell niche in plants

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  • Giovanni Sena

    (New York University, Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, Silver Building, 100 Washington Square East, New York, New York 10003, USA)

  • Xiaoning Wang

    (New York University, Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, Silver Building, 100 Washington Square East, New York, New York 10003, USA)

  • Hsiao-Yun Liu

    (New York University, Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, Silver Building, 100 Washington Square East, New York, New York 10003, USA)

  • Hugo Hofhuis

    (Utrecht University, Faculty of Science, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands)

  • Kenneth D. Birnbaum

    (New York University, Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, Silver Building, 100 Washington Square East, New York, New York 10003, USA)

Abstract

Root-tip reorganization Stem cells are widely seen as the mechanism that permits organ regeneration in both plants and animals. In the plant root system, the stem cell niche has been assumed to be a local pattern organizer, required for both continuous post-embryonic growth and regeneration. New work in a root-tip regeneration system now shows that the root stem cell niche is in fact not necessary for pattern formation and re-establishment of cell identity, thus separating the functions of growth and repatterning. When the Arabidopsis root tip is cut off, taking with it the stem cell niche, the plant's remaining cells are able to regenerate all the major tissues that make up the root tip. This finding suggests that there are as yet unknown mechanisms that coordinate organogenesis independently of a central organizer.

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  • Giovanni Sena & Xiaoning Wang & Hsiao-Yun Liu & Hugo Hofhuis & Kenneth D. Birnbaum, 2009. "Organ regeneration does not require a functional stem cell niche in plants," Nature, Nature, vol. 457(7233), pages 1150-1153, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:457:y:2009:i:7233:d:10.1038_nature07597
    DOI: 10.1038/nature07597
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