Cell fate articles from across Nature Portfolio

Examination of the cell fate gene-regulatory networks of the moss Physcomitrium patens reveals regulons that exhibit misregulation in mutants for the calpain DEFECTIVE KERNEL1 (DEK1) gene.

Quantitative time-resolved microscopy analysis of SHR and SCR dynamics in single cells of living Arabidopsis roots shows that these transcription factors coordinate formative and proliferative cell divisions early in the cell cycle.

This study uncovers the specialized function of previously elusive BCL7 subunits of SWI/SNF complexes in eukaryotes and reveals the mechanism whereby plants memorize the juvenile identity through SWI/SNF-mediated control of chromatin accessibility.

Using transcriptomic data from ~100,000 informative cells, this study constructed a dynamic cell atlas during the process of de-etiolation induced by light for Arabidopsis seedlings, revealing comprehensive development responses at single-cell resolution.

Global warming threatens food security and plant survival. This paper demonstrates that Class II TCP transcription factors are critical for specifying ovule identity and inhibiting the conversion of ovules into carpelloids under high temperature.

Canonical E2F transcription factors play central roles establishing cellular quiescence during plant organ development by recruiting transcriptionally repressive RBR proteins to cell cycle-related genes.

During evolution, the acquisition of special types of cells and tissues requires new regulatory genes that control cell division and cell differentiation. Here, we found that stomatal basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factors are co-opted for the development of seta in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha, which lacks true stomata.

Receptor-mediated regulation of SPEECHLESS by a MAP kinase cascade coordinates cell fate specification during stomatal development. SCREAM functions as a scaffold to bring SPEECHLESS in proximity with MPK3/MPK6, thereby allowing its down-regulation to inhibit stomatal cell fate.

Asymmetric cell divisions establish the patterning of stomata in maize. PAN receptor-like kinases were thought to start a signalling cascade leading to pre-mitotic polarization of the cell. Re-analysis of mutants now reveals that the SCAR/WAVE complex is involved in the early initiation of polarity in mother cells.