Specific plant taxa possess the capacity to regenerate missing tissues through cellular dedifferentiation
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Specific plant taxa possess the capacity to regenerate missing tissues through cellular dedifferentiation, a well-documented biological phenomenon supported by extensive molecular and histological evidence in botany.
Evidence for · 7
New Insights Into Tissue Culture Plant-Regeneration Mechanisms
2022 · cited by 217
Reviews plant tissue culture regeneration mechanisms, explicitly noting that plant regeneration is driven by cellular totipotency and pluripotency.
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Peptide REF1 is a local wound signal promoting plant regeneration.
2024 · cited by 117
Demonstrates that wound signaling activates WIND1, a master regulator of wound-induced cellular reprogramming and dedifferentiation in plants.
Wound-inducible WUSCHEL-RELATED HOMEOBOX 13 is required for callus growth and organ reconnection
2021 · cited by 101
Identifies WOX13 as a key regulator of cellular reprogramming and callus formation during plant tissue repair.
A single-cell view of tissue regeneration in plants.
2019 · cited by 26
Reviews conserved scenarios of plant tissue regeneration, including cell dedifferentiation.
Insights into plant regeneration: cellular pathways and DNA methylation dynamics
2024 · cited by 25
Explains that callus formation during plant regeneration involves dedifferentiated cells attaining pluripotency.
Regulation of tissue repair in plants
2011 · cited by 19
Describes how plants regenerate damaged tissue through the traditional process of cell dedifferentiation followed by division.
Histone deacetylases and cell-cycle regulators orchestrate cell-identity transitions during Arabidopsis root regeneration.
2026 · cited by 5
Shows that the widespread regenerative capacity of plants is mediated by specialized cells reprogramming their fate.