A Weed for Wood? Arabidopsis as a Genetic Model for Xylem Development. Nieminen, K. M., Kauppinen, L., & Helariutta, Y. Plant Physiology, 135(2):653–659, June, 2004.
A Weed for Wood? Arabidopsis as a Genetic Model for Xylem Development [link]Paper  doi  abstract   bibtex   
Wood, or secondary xylem, is a water-conductive and supportive vascular tissue highly characteristic of trees. In addition to parenchymatous cells adapted for storage and transport functions, wood is mainly composed of various vertically elongated cell types. These are classified either as tracheary elements or fibers, both of which are characterized with extensive secondary cell wall thickenings. The cell wall characteristics contribute to the properties of wood as a significant raw material for various human applications.Wood formation occurs during the secondary phase of plant development (Fig. 1  Figure 1.Organization of the primary and secondary vascular tissues in Arabidopsis schematically. Whole plant, longitudinal view (A). Shoot apex, cross section (B). Leaf, cross section (C). Root tip, cross section. D, Organization of vascular tissues in the basal region of the inflorescence stem during the secondary phase of vascular development (E). Inside the secondary xylem, the position of layers associated with cell expansion, cell wall deposition and cell death has been indicated.). This results from the activity of the vascular cambium, a lateral meristem that is established and functional during the secondary phase. On the other hand, already the primary phase of vascular development, associated with the procambial development of apical meristems, involves xylem production. The formation of both primary and secondary xylem involves a cascade of interesting processes including specification of primary vascular tissue as bundles, cell proliferation within the primary bundles or in the secondary vascular cambium, initiation of xylem differentiation, regulation of cell expansion, deposition of a secondary cell wall, and programmed cell death (Fig. 1). Even as these processes have been extensively documented at the structural level, relatively little is known of the genetic mechanisms behind them.
@article{nieminen_weed_2004,
	title = {A {Weed} for {Wood}? {Arabidopsis} as a {Genetic} {Model} for {Xylem} {Development}},
	volume = {135},
	issn = {0032-0889},
	shorttitle = {A {Weed} for {Wood}?},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.104.040212},
	doi = {10/bbhrgx},
	abstract = {Wood, or secondary xylem, is a water-conductive and supportive vascular tissue highly characteristic of trees. In addition to parenchymatous cells adapted for storage and transport functions, wood is mainly composed of various vertically elongated cell types. These are classified either as tracheary elements or fibers, both of which are characterized with extensive secondary cell wall thickenings. The cell wall characteristics contribute to the properties of wood as a significant raw material for various human applications.Wood formation occurs during the secondary phase of plant development (Fig. 1  Figure 1.Organization of the primary and secondary vascular tissues in Arabidopsis schematically. Whole plant, longitudinal view (A). Shoot apex, cross section (B). Leaf, cross section (C). Root tip, cross section. D, Organization of vascular tissues in the basal region of the inflorescence stem during the secondary phase of vascular development (E). Inside the secondary xylem, the position of layers associated with cell expansion, cell wall deposition and cell death has been indicated.). This results from the activity of the vascular cambium, a lateral meristem that is established and functional during the secondary phase. On the other hand, already the primary phase of vascular development, associated with the procambial development of apical meristems, involves xylem production. The formation of both primary and secondary xylem involves a cascade of interesting processes including specification of primary vascular tissue as bundles, cell proliferation within the primary bundles or in the secondary vascular cambium, initiation of xylem differentiation, regulation of cell expansion, deposition of a secondary cell wall, and programmed cell death (Fig. 1). Even as these processes have been extensively documented at the structural level, relatively little is known of the genetic mechanisms behind them.},
	number = {2},
	urldate = {2021-06-15},
	journal = {Plant Physiology},
	author = {Nieminen, Kaisa M. and Kauppinen, Leila and Helariutta, Ykä},
	month = jun,
	year = {2004},
	pages = {653--659},
}

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