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_id: '12200'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Key steps in the evolution of the angiosperm anther include the patterning
    of the concentrically organized microsporangium and the incorporation of four
    such microsporangia into a leaf-like structure. Mutant studies in the model plant
    Arabidopsis thaliana are leading to an increasingly accurate picture of (i) the
    cell lineages culminating in the different cell types present in the microsporangium
    (the microsporocytes, the tapetum, and the middle and endothecial layers), and
    (ii) some of the genes responsible for specifying their fates. However, the processes
    that confer polarity on the developing anther and position the microsporangia
    within it remain unclear. Certainly, data from a range of experimental strategies
    suggest that hormones play a central role in establishing polarity and the patterning
    of the anther initial, and may be responsible for locating the microsporangia.
    But the fact that microsporangia were originally positioned externally suggests
    that their development is likely to be autonomous, perhaps with the reproductive
    cells generating signals controlling the growth and division of the investing
    anther epidermis. These possibilities are discussed in the context of the expression
    of genes which initiate and maintain male and female reproductive development,
    and in the perspective of our current views of anther evolution.
article_processing_charge: No
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Xiaoqi
  full_name: Feng, Xiaoqi
  id: e0164712-22ee-11ed-b12a-d80fcdf35958
  last_name: Feng
  orcid: 0000-0002-4008-1234
- first_name: Hugh G.
  full_name: Dickinson, Hugh G.
  last_name: Dickinson
citation:
  ama: Feng X, Dickinson HG. Cell–cell interactions during patterning of the <i>Arabidopsis</i>
    anther. <i>Biochemical Society Transactions</i>. 2010;38(2):571-576. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1042/bst0380571">10.1042/bst0380571</a>
  apa: Feng, X., &#38; Dickinson, H. G. (2010). Cell–cell interactions during patterning
    of the <i>Arabidopsis</i> anther. <i>Biochemical Society Transactions</i>. Portland
    Press Ltd. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1042/bst0380571">https://doi.org/10.1042/bst0380571</a>
  chicago: Feng, Xiaoqi, and Hugh G. Dickinson. “Cell–Cell Interactions during Patterning
    of the <i>Arabidopsis</i> Anther.” <i>Biochemical Society Transactions</i>. Portland
    Press Ltd., 2010. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1042/bst0380571">https://doi.org/10.1042/bst0380571</a>.
  ieee: X. Feng and H. G. Dickinson, “Cell–cell interactions during patterning of
    the <i>Arabidopsis</i> anther,” <i>Biochemical Society Transactions</i>, vol.
    38, no. 2. Portland Press Ltd., pp. 571–576, 2010.
  ista: Feng X, Dickinson HG. 2010. Cell–cell interactions during patterning of the
    <i>Arabidopsis</i> anther. Biochemical Society Transactions. 38(2), 571–576.
  mla: Feng, Xiaoqi, and Hugh G. Dickinson. “Cell–Cell Interactions during Patterning
    of the <i>Arabidopsis</i> Anther.” <i>Biochemical Society Transactions</i>, vol.
    38, no. 2, Portland Press Ltd., 2010, pp. 571–76, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1042/bst0380571">10.1042/bst0380571</a>.
  short: X. Feng, H.G. Dickinson, Biochemical Society Transactions 38 (2010) 571–576.
date_created: 2023-01-16T09:22:18Z
date_published: 2010-03-22T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-05-08T10:57:59Z
day: '22'
department:
- _id: XiFe
doi: 10.1042/bst0380571
extern: '1'
external_id:
  pmid:
  - '20298223'
intvolume: '        38'
issue: '2'
keyword:
- Biochemistry
- Anther Development
- Arabidopsis
- Cell Fate
- Microsporangium
- Polarity
- Receptor Kinase
language:
- iso: eng
month: '03'
oa_version: None
page: 571-576
pmid: 1
publication: Biochemical Society Transactions
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 0300-5127
  - 1470-8752
publication_status: published
publisher: Portland Press Ltd.
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: '1'
status: public
title: Cell–cell interactions during patterning of the <i>Arabidopsis</i> anther
type: journal_article
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volume: 38
year: '2010'
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