The floral quartet model of floral organ specification poses that different tetramers of MIKC-
type MADS-domain transcription factors control gene expression and hence the identity of …

Phytochrome-interacting factors (PIFs) are members of the Arabidopsis thaliana basic helix-
loop-helix family of transcriptional regulators that interact specifically with the active Pfr …

The mobility of transposable elements (TEs) contributes to evolution of genomes. Their
uncontrolled activity causes genomic instability; therefore, expression of TEs is silenced by …

Floral homeotic transcription factors (TFs) act in a combinatorial manner to specify the organ
identities in the flower. However, the architecture and the function of the gene regulatory …

Lineage-specific stem cells are critical for the production and maintenance of specific cell
types and tissues in multicellular organisms. In Arabidopsis, the initiation and proliferation of …

High temperatures have a great impact on plant reproductive development and subsequent
fruit and seed set, but the underlying molecular mechanisms are not well understood. We …

The formulation of the ABC model by a handful of pioneer plant developmental geneticists
was a seminal event in the quest to answer a seemingly simple question: how are flowers …

Cellular heterogeneity in growth and differentiation results in organ patterning. Single-cell
transcriptomics allows characterization of gene expression heterogeneity in developing …

MADS-box genes are key regulators of virtually every aspect of plant reproductive
development. They play especially prominent roles in flowering time control, inflorescence …

Polycomb repressive complexes (PRCs) play crucial roles in transcriptional repression and
developmental regulation in both plants and animals. In plants, depletion of different …