Evolution of CLE peptide signalling.

CLEs are small non-cell autonomous signalling peptides that regulate cell division rate and orientation in a variety of developmental contexts. Recent years have generated a huge amount of research on CLE function across land plants, characterising their role across the whole plant; they control stem cell division in the shoot, root and cambial meristems, balance developmental investment into symbiosis, regulate leaf development, pattern stomata and control axillary branching. They have even been co-opted by parasitic nematodes to mediate infection. This review synthesises these recent findings and embeds them in an evolutionary context, outlining the likely evolution of the CLE signalling pathway. I use this framework to infer common mechanistic themes and pose key future questions for the field.

• Publication year

  2020

• Venue

  Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

• Publication date

  2020-05-20

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.semcdb.2020.04.022PMID 32444290
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