Characterization of SHORT-ROOT function in the Arabidopsis root vascular system.

Development of the vascular tissues is a dynamic process that integrates extrinsic and intrinsic factors to control vascular tissue formation throughout the plant life cycle. During vascular tissue formation in Arabidopsis roots, radial and longitudinal signals, including nuclear factors and plant hormones, control the developmental processes involved in the specification, differentiation, and maintenance of the correct cell types. SHR, a GRAS transcription factor, has been known to regulate the specification of the stem cell niche and ground tissue identity in the root meristem in a non-cell-autonomous manner.

Large-scale analysis of the GRAS gene family in Arabidopsis thaliana.

GRAS proteins belong to a plant-specific transcription factor family. Currently, 33 GRAS members including a putative expressed pseudogene have been identified in the Arabidopsis genome. With a reverse genetic approach, we have constructed a "phenome-ready unimutant collection" of the GRAS genes in Arabidopsis thaliana.