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Discuss the role of KNOX (knotted1 like homeobox) proteins in the control of plant development For plants development does not stop at embryogenesis like animals and fungi. The underterminate nature of plants root-shoot modules requires new organs to be produced throughout their life. They are created from a collection of pluripotent cells called the meristem. The mechanism by which the plant reserves some cells as pluripotent stem cells while partitioning others into organ founder cells in the meristem periphery is fundamental to plant development. Meristem maintenance and lateral organ development appears to be regulated, in part, by a subclass of homeobox transcription factors known as KNOX1 (KNOTTED1-LIKE-HOMEOBOX) genes. In this essay I shall describe how these genes were initially discovered, how they have been classified, their expression patterns and what role they play in plant development eventually summarising with a model of their interactions. Classification Among the first plant homeobox genes to...

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