DEK1; missing piece in puzzle of plant development

Odd-Arne Olsen; Pierre-François Perroud; Wenche Johansen; Viktor Demko

doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2015.01.003

DEK1; missing piece in puzzle of plant development

Trends Plant Sci. 2015 Feb;20(2):70-1. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2015.01.003. Epub 2015 Jan 20.

Authors

Odd-Arne Olsen¹, Pierre-François Perroud², Wenche Johansen³, Viktor Demko⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of plant science/CIGENE, Norwegian university of life sciences, 1432 Ås, Norway. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Biology, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO 63130-4899, USA.
³ Department of Natural Science and Technology, Hedmark University College, Hamar, Norway.
⁴ Department of plant science/CIGENE, Norwegian university of life sciences, 1432 Ås, Norway.

PMID: 25612461
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2015.01.003

Abstract

Patterning of land plant bodies is determined by positioning of cell walls. A crucial event in land plant evolution was the ability to utilize spatial information to direct cell wall deposition. Recent studies of DEK1 in Physcomitrella patens support a role for DEK1 in position dependent cell wall orientation.

Keywords: 3D patterning; DEK1; Physcomitrella p.; land plant evolution.

MeSH terms

Bryopsida / cytology
Bryopsida / genetics
Bryopsida / growth & development
Bryopsida / physiology
Calpain / genetics*
Calpain / metabolism
Cell Wall / genetics
Cell Wall / metabolism
Evolution, Molecular*
Plant Proteins / genetics*
Plant Proteins / metabolism
Viridiplantae / genetics
Viridiplantae / growth & development
Viridiplantae / physiology*

Substances

Plant Proteins
Calpain