Companion cells: a diamond in the rough.
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Otero, Sofia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9409-8544
Helariutta, Ykä https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7287-8459
Abstract
Vascular plants have developed highly specialized cells to transport nutrients and developmental signals. The differentiation process includes the degradation of multiple organelles of the sieve element cells (SEs) to facilitate transport and, as a consequence, SEs become dependent on neighboring companion cells (CCs). Despite its importance for phloem function and flowering time control, CCs are still a mysterious cell type. In this review, we gather all the genes known to be expressed in CCs, in different organs and organisms, with the objective of better understanding CC identity and function.
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Companion cells, FT, development, flowering, phloem, sieve element, transcriptome., Biological Transport, Phloem, Plant Proteins, Transcriptome
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J Exp Bot
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0022-0957
1460-2431
1460-2431
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68
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Oxford University Press (OUP)
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European Research Council (323052)
Gatsby Charitable Foundation (GAT3395/PR3)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/N013158/1)
Gatsby Charitable Foundation (GAT3395/PR3)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/N013158/1)
The laboratory of YH is funded by the Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence program, BBSRC, the Gatsby Foundation, University of Helsinki, the European Research Council Advanced Investigator Grant Symdev (No. Linked 323052), and Tekes (the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation).