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Cover Caption: Cysteine Aff ects Root Stem Cells
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of integrative plant biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.734
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1744-7909
pISSN - 1672-9072
DOI - 10.1111/jipb.12252
Subject(s) - meristem , elongation , niche , cysteine , microbiology and biotechnology , stem cell niche , stem cell , botany , biology , gene , biochemistry , progenitor cell , materials science , ultimate tensile strength , metallurgy , enzyme
Cysteine as well as sulfate inhibits primary root elongation in a dosage dependent manner. In this issue, Wang et al. (pp. 186–197) demonstrate that cysteine regulates the expressions of PLT 1/2, SCR and SHR genes to maintain the stem cell niche in root meristem.