Transcriptional control of the plant cell cycle

Abstract

Progression through the eukaryotic cell cycle is driven and controlled by interlocked oscillating mechanisms, including reversible protein phosphorylation, protein degradation and temporally regulated gene expression. Advances in cell synchronization techniques have enabled the genome-wide characterization of temporally regulated gene expression patterns in Arabidopsis, but the cognate transcription factors remain largely unknown. In other eukaryotic model organisms, the network components involved in orchestrating cell cycle phase-specific gene expression are being identified and their regulatory logic delineated. This chapter reviews progress in our understanding of cell cycle regulated gene expression in plants. © 2008 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.