Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Asymmetry in Crop Plants Embryogenesis and Growth
A special issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994). This special issue belongs to the section "Life Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2022) | Viewed by 3772
Special Issue Editors
Interests: genetics and plant molecular physiology; plants molecular characterization; study of the events of retrotransposition; methylation and demethylation of DNA in plant genomes to understand their functional significance; effect of salt and light stresses on the retrotransposon mobilizzation in tomato and durum wheat; plants-fungi interactions and gene resistence
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Interests: genetics and plant molecular physiology; plant molecular characterization by mitochondrial and nuclear genes; effect of abiotic stresses on retrotransposon mobilization; gene stress activation; plant–fungi interactions and gene resistance
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In plants, as sessile organisms, symmetry has an important meaning. Plants exhibit both radial symmetry and bilateral symmetry, often at the same time. In flowers, for example, this is an important pollination strategy. In plants, loss of symmetry can occur at the molecular, subcellular, tissue, organ, and body levels. Most of the genes known to influence asymmetry in plants appear to act indirectly in the process. The mechanisms guiding plant symmetry remain poorly understood. The identification of upstream regulators of symmetrically and asymmetrically expressed genes may offer some new important advances. Moreover, since several pieces of evidence suggest the involvement of auxin in plant asymmetry, it will be desirable to investigate its role in the activation of regulating genes and transcriptional factors involved in the process.
This Special Issue will aim to gain deep insight into mechanisms guiding plant symmetry. Further insights should also come from the molecular analysis of genes that act in a dose-dependent manner, leading to the formation of activity gradients that specify the asymmetry of lateral organs and flowers.
Dr. Loredana F. Ciarmiello
Dr. Pasqualina Woodrow
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- plant symmetry and asymmetry
- asymmetric cell divisions
- lateral organs and floral symmetry genes
- transcriptional factors involved in plant symmetry
- CYCLOIDEA
- auxins as regulators of plant development
