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Abstract
Many functions have been attributed to the quiescent center of a root apical meristem, from stem cell reservoir to pattern-generating center. Limited laser ablation of the quiescent center in Arabidopsis has now revealed that it acts to suppress differentiation and to maintain the surrounding initial cells as stem cells.Entities:
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Year: 1998 PMID: 9427641 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(98)70030-2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Biol ISSN: 0960-9822 Impact factor: 10.834