While the role of proteins in determining cell identity has been extensively studied, the
contribution of small noncoding RNA molecules such as miRNAs and siRNAs has been also …

In the long evolutionary history, plant has evolved elaborate regulatory network to control
functional gene expression for surviving and thriving, such as transcription factor‐regulated …

In both animals and plants, many developmentally important regulatory genes have
complementary microRNAs (miRNAs), which suggests that these miRNAs constitute a class …

Distinctive from that of the animal system, the basic plan of the plant body is the continuous
formation of a structural unit, composed of a stem with a meristem at the top and lateral …

During leaf development in flowering plants, adaxial (upper) and abaxial (lower) side–
specific genes are responsible for blade outgrowth, which takes places predominantly in the …

The establishment of abaxial–adaxial polarity in lateral organs involves factors intrinsic to
the primordia and interactions with the apical meristem from which they are derived …

Main conclusion Present review addresses the advances made in the understanding of
biogenesis of plant small RNAs and their role in plant development. We discuss the …

Contents Summary 706 I. Introduction 707 II. Leaf zones in monocot and eudicot leaves 707
III. Monocot and eudicot leaf initiation: differences in degree and timing, but not kind 710 IV …

The regulation of members of the knotted1-like homeobox (knox) gene family is required for
the normal initiation and development of lateral organs. The maize rough sheath2 (rs2) …

Dorsoventral (adaxial/abaxial) polarity of the maize leaf is established in the meristem and is
maintained throughout organ development to coordinate proper outgrowth and patterning of …