Key Points
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In contrast to animals, plants continuously generate new organs throughout their lifespan. This developmental plasticity requires a strict temporal and spatial control of the cell cycle.
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Cell-cycle activation in quiescent cells is correlated with a change in chromatin structure and requires the activation of the retinoblastoma (RB)–E2F pathway.
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The gain of a new cell fate is characterized by the occurrence of asymmetric divisions. The phytohormone auxin is a key regulator of asymmetric divisions in the root.
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Cell-cycle exit is correlated with a decrease in cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) activity. The molecular mechanisms by which differentiation and CDK activity interconnect are poorly understood.
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Cells exit their cell cycle in response to environmental cues. Recently, a novel class of CDK inhibitory proteins has been described that putatively links the cell cycle and stress responses.
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Cells arrest their cell cycle upon DNA damage through the activation of the ataxia-telangiectasia-mutated (ATM) and ATM- and Rad3-related (ATR) kinase pathways. In plants, transcriptional activation of the WEE1 gene (which encodes the CDC25-counteracting WEE1 kinase) represents the prevailing pathway that arrests the cell cycle under conditions that cause single- or double-stranded DNA breaks.
Abstract
Plant growth and development are driven by the continuous generation of new cells. Whereas much has been learned at a molecular level about the mechanisms that orchestrate progression through the different cell-cycle phases, little is known about how the cell-cycle machinery operates in the context of an entire plant and contributes to growth, cell differentiation and the formation of new tissues and organs. Here, we discuss how intrinsic developmental signals and environmental cues affect cell-cycle entry and exit.
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Glossary
- Stomatal guard cell
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One of a pair of kidney-shaped cells that control the opening and closing of stomata.
- Histone acetyltransferase
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An enzyme that acetylates core histones, resulting in important regulatory effects on chromatin structure and assembly and on gene transcription.
- Stomata
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A specialized epidermal structure that is found on stems and leaves and permits gas exchange with the inner plant tissues.
- Auxin
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One of several hormones found in plants that control the growth and division of cells.
- AP2 domain
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A plant-specific protein domain that was originally identified in the floral homeotic protein APETALA2 and is involved in DNA binding.
- Pericycle
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A layer of cells located between the endodermis and the central stele from which lateral roots originate.
- Protoxylem
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Meristematic cells that give rise to xylem — the tissue that is specialized for the transport of water and minerals upwards through the plant.
- Endoreduplication
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Replication of DNA during the S phase of the cell cycle without the subsequent completion of mitosis and/or cytokinesis.
- Pavement cell
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A plant epidermal cell that is not part of a stomatal complex or trichome.
- Phytohormone
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A plant hormone.
- Antiphosphatase
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A non-functional protein phosphatase that is still able to bind its substrates without causing their dephosphorylation.
- Expansin
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A putative cell-wall-loosening enzyme that enables cell expansion.
- Dicotyledonous plant
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A flowering plant, the seed of which typically contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons.
- Water stress
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A situation when the demand for water exceeds the available amount.
- Medicago truncatula
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(Barrel medic). A small forage legume that was chosen as the model organism for legume biology.
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De Veylder, L., Beeckman, T. & Inzé, D. The ins and outs of the plant cell cycle. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 8, 655–665 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrm2227
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