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First published online August 29, 2008; 10.1105/tpc.108.059188

The Plant Cell 20:2059-2072 (2008)
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ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA HOMEOBOX GENE1 Establishes the Basal Boundaries of Shoot Organs and Controls Stem Growth[W]

Concepción Gómez-Mena and Robert Sablowski1

Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom

1 Address correspondence to robert.sablowski{at}bbsrc.ac.uk.

Apical meristems play a central role in plant development. Self-renewing cells in the central region of the shoot meristem replenish the cell population in the peripheral region, where organ primordia emerge in a predictable pattern, and in the underlying rib meristem, where new stem tissue is formed. While much is known about how organ primordia are initiated and their lateral boundaries established, development at the interface between the stem and the meristem or the lateral organs is poorly understood. Here, we show that the BELL-type ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA HOMEOBOX GENE1 (ATH1) is required for proper development of the boundary between the stem and both vegetative and reproductive organs and that this role partially overlaps with that of CUP-SHAPED COTYLEDON genes. During the vegetative phase, ATH1 also functions redundantly with light-activated genes to inhibit growth of the region below the shoot meristem. Consistent with a role in inhibiting stem growth, ATH1 is downregulated at the start of inflorescence development and ectopic ATH1 expression prevents growth of the inflorescence stem by reducing cell proliferation. Thus, ATH1 modulates growth at the interface between the stem, meristem, and organ primordia and contributes to the compressed vegetative habit of Arabidopsis thaliana.






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