THE PLANT CELL CYCLE DIRKINZE SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V. Edited by

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1 THE PLANT CELL CYCLE

2 THE PLANT CELL CYCLE Edited by DIRKINZE Department ofplant Genetics, Flunders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, Ghent, Belgium Reprinted from Plant Molecular Biology, Volume 43 Nos, 5-6,2000 SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V.

3 A c.i.p. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress ISBN ISBN (ebook) DOI / Printed on acid-free paper All Rights Springer Science+Business Media Donlrecht Originally published by Kluwer Academic Publishers in 2000 Softcover reprint ofthe hardcover 1 st edition 2000 No part of the material protected by this copyright notice may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission Irom thc copyright owner.

4 CONTENTS Preface On the constancy of cell division rate in the root meristem T.I. Bask in 1-10 Quantitative analysis of cell division in leaves: methods, developmental patterns and effects of environmental conditions F. Tardieu, C. Granier Developmental control of cell division patterns in the shoot apex T. Vernoux, D. Autran, J. Traas Regulation of cyclin-dependent kinases in Arabidopsis thaliana H. Stals, P. Casteels, M. Van Montagu, D. lnze Multiple cyclin-dependent kinase complexes and phosphatases control Gz/M progression in alfalfa cells T. Meszaros, P. Miskolczi, F. Ayaydin, A. Pettko-Szandtner, A. Peres, Z. Magyar, G.v. Horvath, L. Bako; A. Fehe r, D. Dudits CDK related protein kinases in plants J. Jouoes, C. Cheva lier, D. Dudits, E. Heberle-Bors, D. lnze, M. Umeda, J.-P. Renaud in The role and regulation of D type cyclins in the plant cell cycle M. Meijer, J.A.H. Murray Retinoblastoma-related proteins in plants: homologues of orthologues of their metazoan counterparts? T. Durfee, H.S. Feiler, W. Gruissem Regulation of histone gene expression during the cell cycle T. Meshi, K.-i. Taoka, M. Iwabuchi Plant A-type cyclins N. Chaubet-Gigot Factors controlling cyclin B expression M. Ito Cell cycle regulation of the microtubular cytoskeleton M. Vantard, R. Cowling, C. Delichere Stressing the role of MAP kinases in mitogenic stimulation L. B6gre, I. Meskiene, E. Heberle-Bors, H. Hirt Genetic dissection of cytokinesis P. Nacry, U. Mayer, G. Jurgens Endoreduplication in higher plants J. Joubes, C. Chevalier Cell cycle activation by plant parasitic nematodes A. Goverse, J. de Almeida Engler, J. Verhees, S. van der Krol, J. Helde r, G. Gheysen Geminiviruses and the plant cycle C. Gutierrez vii

5 Cell cycle regulation in the course of nodule organogenesis in Medicago F. Foucher, E. Kondorosi Index Cover illustration SY-2 cell at metaphase as revealed by aceto-carm ine staining of the chromosomes (courtesy of Tom Seeckman and Gerrit Seemster). Plant Molecular Biology 43, pp

6 Plant Molecular Biology 43: vii, Dirk Inze (Ed.), The Plant Cell Cycle Kluwer Academic Publishers. Printed in the Netherlands. vii Preface Ten years after the initial discovery that the cell cycle in plants is contro lled by key components which are also operatio nal in yeast and animals, cell cycle research in plants has become a very exciting and competitive area of modern molec ular biology. Questions such as what controls the entry and exit of cells in the cell cycle, how intrinsic developmental signals and environmen tal cues impinge on the cell cycle, how plant cells regulate endoreduplication and so on are increasingly the main focus of many research group s. The understandi ng of the intrinsic link between cell division, cell elongation and cell differentiation is another exciting challenge, Although cell cycle research is esse ntially fundamental in nature, there is also great promise in using modified cell cycle genes to improve plant growth and architecture, The current issue of Plant Molecular Biology gives a timely overview of our current knowledge on various aspects of cell cycle researc h in plants. I am particularly grateful that outstanding experts in the various fields were all very eager to contribute to this issue. As such I sincerely hope that this special issue will further encourage the advancement of our knowledge of how plants control cell division and growth.