In plants, most developmental programs depend on the action of auxin. The best described
model of the auxin signaling pathway, which explains most, but not all, of the auxin …

In flowering plants, male reproductive development requires the formation of the stamen,
including the differentiation of anther tissues. Within the anther, male meiosis produces …

Osmotic stress imposed by drought and high salinity inhibits plant growth and crop yield.
However, our current knowledge on the mechanism by which plants sense osmotic stress is …

Transcription factors activate or repress target gene expression or switch between activation
and repression. In animals and yeast, Groucho/Tup1 corepressor proteins are recruited by …

The development and coordination of complex tissues in eukaryotes requires precise spatial
control of fate-specifying genes. Although investigations of such control have traditionally …

The formation of flowers is one of the main models for studying the regulatory mechanisms
that underlie plant development and evolution. Over the past three decades, extensive …

Flowers are the most complex structures of plants. Studies of Arabidopsis thaliana, which
has typical eudicot flowers, have been fundamental in advancing the structural and …

Floral patterning in Arabidopsis requires activation of floral homeotic genes by the floral
meristem identity gene, LEAFY (LFY). Here we show that precise activation of expression of …

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Background The WD motif (also known as the Trp-Asp or WD40 motif) is found in a multitude
of eukaryotic proteins involved in a variety of cellular processes. Where studied, repeated …