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Cambium development

Epigenetics rules cambial growth

Nature Plants volume 9, pages 7–8 (2023)Cite this article

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Analysis of cambial development in the tree Populus trichocarpa reveals how a zinc-finger transcription factor, Populus trichocarpa VASCULAR CAMBIUM-SPECIFIC 2 (PtrVCS2), controls the rate of cell proliferation by changing the dynamics of histone acetylation at the Populus trichocarpa WUSCHEL-RELATED HOMEOBOX4a (PtrWOX4a) promoter.

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Fig. 1: Role of PtrVCS2 in histone acetylation of the PtrWOX4a promoter.

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Research in the laboratory of M.K.T. is supported by grants from the Academy of Finland (Academy Research Fellow, decision no. 347130, 353537 and Centre of Excellence in Tree Biology, decision no. 346141). Research in the laboratory of Y.H. is supported by grants from the Academy of Finland (Centre of Excellence in Tree Biology, decision no. 346139; Academy Professor award, decision no. 345137 and Academy Project Funding, decision no. 322690), J&AE Erkko Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (CASS 2.0, OPP1207956) and UKRI–NERC (NE/ W000199/1).

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  1. Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

    Ykä Helariutta & Melis Kucukoglu Topcu

  2. Institute of Biotechnology, HiLIFE, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

    Ykä Helariutta

  3. The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

    Ykä Helariutta

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Helariutta, Y., Kucukoglu Topcu, M. Epigenetics rules cambial growth. Nat. Plants 9, 7–8 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-022-01316-6

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