Hormonal Signalling and Development

Team members

Personnel du RDP

Teva VERNOUX

teva.vernoux
(33) 4 72 72 86 01
DR CNRS
Publications

Pradeep DAS

pradeep.das
(33) 4 72 72 89 37
MC ENS

Fabrice BESNARD

fabrice.besnard
(33) 4 72 72 89 82
CR INRAe
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Yoan COUDERT

yoan.coudert
(33) 4 72 72 89 82
CR CNRS
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Géraldine BRUNOUD

geraldine.brunoud
(33) 4 72 72 86 04
IR CNRS
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Jonathan LEGRAND

jonathan.legrand
(33)4 72 72 86 04
IR CNRS
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Stéphanie HALLET

stephanie.hallet
(33) 4 72 72 86 03
TR INRAe

Carlos GALVAN-AMPUDIA

carlos.galvan-ampudia
(33) 4 72 72 86 14
IR CNRS

Clement CHAMPION

clement.champion
Post-Doctorant

Hugo CAUMON

hugo.caumon
Doctorant

Jeanne ABITBOL-SPANGARO

jeanne.abitbolspangaro
Thèse

Landry DUGUET

landry.duguet
Thèse

Laure MANCINI

laure.mancini
Post-Doc

Priyanka PATRA

priyanka.patra
Thèse

Raquel MARTIN

raquel.martin
(33) 4 72 72 86 06
Post-Doc CNRS

Our publications

Publications HAL du labo/EPI 1001887;772

2024

Journal articles

titre: The first intron of ARF7 is required for expression in root tips
auteur: Jingyi Han, Thomas Welch, Ute Voß, Teva Vernoux, Rahul Bhosale, Anthony Bishopp
article: iScience, 2024, 27 (6), pp.109936. ⟨10.1016/j.isci.2024.109936⟩
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titre: A quantitative gibberellin signaling biosensor reveals a role for gibberellins in internode specification at the shoot apical meristem
auteur: Bihai Shi, Amelia Felipo Benavent, Guillaume Cerutti, Carlos Galvan-Ampudia, Lucas Jilli, Geraldine Brunoud, Jérôme Mutterer, Elody Vallet, Lali Sakvarelidze-Achard, Jean-Michel Davière, Alejandro Navarro-Galiano, Ankit Walia, Shani Lazary, Jonathan Legrand, Roy Weinstain, Alexander M. Jones, Salomé Prat, Patrick Achard, Teva Vernoux
article: Nature Communications, 2024, 15 (1), pp.3895. ⟨10.1038/s41467-024-48116-4⟩
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titre: Re-examining meristems through the lens of evo-devo
auteur: Moïra Arnoux-Courseaux, Yoan Coudert
article: Trends in Plant Science, 2024, 29 (4), pp.413-427. ⟨10.1016/j.tplants.2023.11.003⟩
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titre: ROS responsive Aux/IAA multimerization modulates auxin responses
auteur: Dipan Roy, Poonam Mehra, Vaishnavi Mukkawar, Lisa Clark, Kevin Bellande, Joop Em Vermeer, Raquel Martin Arevallilo, Teva Vernoux, Kawinnat Sue Ob, Andrew Jones, Ulrike Bechtold, Phil Mullineaux, Kathryn Lilley, Adrian Brown, Malcolm Bennett, Ari Sadanandom
article: 2024
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2023

Journal articles

titre: TPLATE complex‐dependent endocytosis attenuates CLAVATA1 signaling for shoot apical meristem maintenance
auteur: Jie Wang, Qihang Jiang, Roman Pleskot, Peter Grones, Elmehdi Bahafid, Grégoire Denay, Carlos Galván-Ampudia, Xiangyu Xu, Michael Vandorpe, Evelien Mylle, Ive de Smet, Teva Vernoux, Rüdiger Simon, Moritz Nowack, Daniel van Damme
article: EMBO Reports, 2023, 24 (9), pp.e54709. ⟨10.15252/embr.202254709⟩
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titre: Multi-Knock—a multi-targeted genome-scale CRISPR toolbox to overcome functional redundancy in plants
auteur: Yangjie Hu, Priyanka Patra, Odelia Pisanty, Anat Shafir, Zeinu Mussa Belew, Jenia Binenbaum, Shir Ben Yaakov, Bihai Shi, Laurence Charrier, Gal Hyams, Yuqin Zhang, Maor Trabulsky, Omer Caldararu, Daniela Weiss, Christoph Crocoll, Adi Avni, Teva Vernoux, Markus Geisler, Hussam Hassan Nour-Eldin, Itay Mayrose, Eilon Shani
article: Nature Plants, In press, ⟨10.1038/s41477-023-01374-4⟩
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titre: Decoding the Auxin Matrix: Auxin Biology Through the Eye of the Computer
auteur: Raquel Martin-Arevalillo, Teva Vernoux
article: Annual Review of Plant Biology, 2023, 74, pp.387-413. ⟨10.1146/annurev-arplant-102720-033523⟩
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titre: A matter of time: auxin signaling dynamics and the regulation of auxin responses during plant development
auteur: Hugo Caumon, Teva Vernoux
article: Journal of Experimental Botany, In press, ⟨10.1093/jxb/erad132⟩
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2022

Journal articles

titre: bHLH heterodimer complex variations regulate cell proliferation activity in the meristems of Arabidopsis thaliana
auteur: Eliana Mor, Markéta Pernisová, Max Minne, Guillaume Cerutti, Dagmar Ripper, Jonah Nolf, Jennifer Andres, Laura Ragni, Matias D Zurbriggen, Bert de Rybel, Teva Vernoux
article: iScience, 2022, 25 (11), pp.105364. ⟨10.1016/j.isci.2022.105364⟩
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titre: Transcriptional reprogramming during floral fate acquisition
auteur: Antoine Larrieu, Géraldine Brunoud, Aurore Guérault, Stéphanie Lainé, Lauriane Hennet, Arnaud Stigliani, Iris Gildea, Jeremy Just, Ludivine Soubigou-Taconnat, Sandrine Balzergue, Brendan Davies, Enrico Scarpella, Ykä Helariutta, François Parcy, Teva Vernoux
article: iScience, 2022, 25 (7), pp.104683. ⟨10.1016/j.isci.2022.104683⟩
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titre: Hormonal control of cell identity and growth in the shoot apical meristem
auteur: Bihai Shi, Teva Vernoux
article: Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 2022, 65, pp.102111. ⟨10.1016/j.pbi.2021.102111⟩
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titre: Apical dominance control by TAR-YUC-mediated auxin biosynthesis is a deep homology of land plants
auteur: Mattias Thelander, Katarina Landberg, Arthur Muller, Gladys Cloarec, Nik Cunniffe, Stéphanie Huguet, Ludivine Soubigou-Taconnat, Véronique Brunaud, Yoan Coudert
article: Current Biology - CB, 2022, 32 (17), pp.P3838-3846.E5. ⟨10.1016/j.cub.2022.06.064⟩
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titre: Imaging the living plant cell: from probes to quantification
auteur: Leia Colin, Raquel Martin-Arevalillo, Simone Bovio, Amélie Bauer, Teva Vernoux, Marie-Cécile Caillaud, Benoit Landrein, Yvon Jaillais
article: The Plant cell, 2022, 34 (1), pp.247-272. ⟨10.1093/plcell/koab237⟩
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Book sections

titre: Callose Detection and Quantification at Plasmodesmata in Bryophytes
auteur: Arthur Muller, Tomomichi Fujita, Yoan Coudert
article: Plasmodesmata, 2457, Springer US, pp.177-187, 2022, Methods in Molecular Biology, ⟨10.1007/978-1-0716-2132-5_11⟩
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titre: Tracking intercellular movement of fluorescent proteins in bryophytes
auteur: Takumi Tomoi, Yoan Coudert, Tomomichi Fujita
article: Plasmodesmata, 2457, Springer US, pp.321-332, 2022, Methods in Molecular Biology, ⟨10.1007/978-1-0716-2132-5_22⟩
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Preprints, Working Papers, ...

titre: TPLATE complex dependent endocytosis is required for shoot apical meristem maintenance by attenuating CLAVATA1 signaling
auteur: Jie Wang, Qihang Jiang, Roman Pleskot, Peter Grones, Grégoire Denay, Carlos Galván-Ampudia, Elmehdi Bahafid, Xiangyu Xu, Michael Vandorpe, Evelien Mylle, Ive de Smet, Teva Vernoux, Rüdiger Simon, Moritz K Nowack, Daniel van Damme
article: 2022
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titre: From Single Cells to Flowers – Biological Complexity Driving Plant Reproductive Development
auteur: Isabel Schwarz, Manuel Neumann, Rosario Vega, Xiaocai Xu, Letizia Cornaro, Lucia Colombo, Teva Vernoux, Jian Xu, Sebastian Marquardt, Kerstin Kaufmann
article: 2022
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titre: Apical and basal auxin sources pattern shoot branching in a moss
auteur: Mattias Thelander, Katarina Landberg, Arthur Muller, Gladys Cloarec, Nik Cunniffe, Stéphanie Huguet, Ludivine Soubigou-Taconnat, Véronique Brunaud, Yoan Coudert
article: 2022
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2021

Journal articles

titre: Leaf Morphogenesis: Insights From the Moss Physcomitrium patens
auteur: Wenye Lin, Ying Wang, Yoan Coudert, Daniel Kierzkowski
article: Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021, 12, ⟨10.3389/fpls.2021.736212⟩
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titre: What shoots can teach about theories of plant form
auteur: Teva Vernoux, Fabrice Besnard, Christophe Godin
article: Nature Plants, 2021, 7 (6), pp.716-724. ⟨10.1038/s41477-021-00930-0⟩
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titre: Auxin Does the SAMba: Auxin Signaling in the Shoot Apical Meristem
auteur: Teva Vernoux, Markéta Pernisová
article: Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology, 2021, 13 (12), pp.a039925. ⟨10.1101/cshperspect.a039925⟩
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titre: A network of transcriptional repressors modulates auxin responses.
auteur: Jekaterina Truskina, Jingyi Han, Elina Chrysanthou, Carlos Galvan-Ampudia, Stéphanie Lainé, Geraldine Brunoud, Julien Macé, Simon Bellows, Jonathan Legrand, Anne-Maarit Bågman, Margot Smit, Ondrej Smetana, Arnaud Stigniani, Silvana Porco, Malcom J. Bennett, Ari Pekka Mähönen, Francois Parcy, Etienne Farcot, François Roudier, Siobhan M Brady, Anthony Bishopp, Teva Vernoux
article: Nature, 2021, 589 (7840), pp.116-119. ⟨10.1038/s41586-020-2940-2⟩
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titre: Developmental roles of Auxin Binding Protein 1 in Arabidopsis thaliana
auteur: Zuzana Gelová, Michelle Gallei, Markéta Pernisová, Geraldine Brunoud, Xixi Zhang, Matouš Glanc, Lanxin Li, Jaroslav Michalko, Zlata Pavlovičová, Inge Verstraeten, Huibin Han, Jakub Hajný, Robert Hauschild, Milada Čovanová, Marta Zwiewka, Lukas Hoermayer, Matyáš Fendrych, Tongda Xu, Teva Vernoux, Jiří Friml
article: Plant Science, 2021, 303, pp.110750. ⟨10.1016/j.plantsci.2020.110750⟩
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titre: Phyllotaxis from a Single Apical Cell
auteur: Elsa Véron, Teva Vernoux, Yoan Coudert
article: Trends in Plant Science, In press, 26 (2), pp.124-131. ⟨10.1016/j.tplants.2020.09.014⟩
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Preprints, Working Papers, ...

titre: A quantitative gibberellin signalling biosensor reveals a role for gibberellins in internode specification at the shoot apical meristem
auteur: Teva Vernoux, Bihai Shi, Amelia Felipo-Benavent, Guillaume Cerutti, Carlos Galvan-Ampudia, Lucas Jilli, Geraldine Brunoud, Jérome Mutterer, Lali Sakvarelidze-Achard, Jean-Michel Davière, Alejandro Navarro-Galiano, Ankit Walia, Shani Lazary, Jonathan Legrand, Roy Weinstein, Alexander Jones, Salomé Prat, Patrick Achard
article: 2021
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2020

Journal articles

titre: Temporal integration of auxin information for the regulation of patterning
auteur: Carlos Galvan-Ampudia, Guillaume Cerutti, Jonathan Legrand, Geraldine Brunoud, Raquel Martin Arevalillo, Romain Azaïs, Vincent Bayle, Steven Moussu, Christian Wenzl, Yvon Jaillais, Jan U Lohmann, Christophe Godin, Teva Vernoux
article: eLife, 2020, 9, ⟨10.7554/eLife.55832⟩
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titre: Methods to Visualize Auxin and Cytokinin Signaling Activity in the Shoot Apical Meristem.
auteur: Geraldine Brunoud, Carlos Galvan-Ampudia, Teva Vernoux
article: Methods in Molecular Biology, 2020, 2094, pp.79-89. ⟨10.1007/978-1-0716-0183-9_9⟩
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titre: Low Blue Light Enhances Phototropism by Releasing Cryptochrome1-Mediated Inhibition of PIF4 Expression.
auteur: Alessandra Boccaccini, Martina Legris, Johanna Krahmer, Laure Allenbach-Petrolati, Anupama Goyal, Carlos Galvan-Ampudia, Teva Vernoux, Elizabeth Karayekov, Jorge Casal, Christian Fankhauser
article: Plant Physiology, 2020, 183 (4), pp.1780-1793. ⟨10.1104/pp.20.00243⟩
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2019

Journal articles

titre: WUSCHEL acts as an auxin response rheostat to maintain apical stem cells in Arabidopsis
auteur: Yanfei Ma, Andrej Miotk, Olga Ermakova, Christian Wenzl, Anna Medzihradszky, Christophe Gaillochet, Joachim Forner, Gözde Utan, Klaus Brackmann, Carlos Galvan-Ampudia, Teva Vernoux, Thomas Greb, Jan Lohmann
article: Nature Communications, 2019, 10 (1), ⟨10.1038/s41467-019-13074-9⟩
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titre: Design Principles of Branching Morphogenesis in Filamentous Organisms
auteur: Yoan Coudert, Steven Harris, Bénédicte Charrier
article: Current Biology - CB, 2019, 29 (21), pp.R1149 - R1162. ⟨10.1016/j.cub.2019.09.021⟩
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titre: Evolution of the Auxin Response Factors from charophyte ancestors
auteur: Raquel Martin-Arevalillo, Emmanuel Thevenon, Fanny Jégu, Thomas Vinos-Poyo, Teva Vernoux, François Parcy, Renaud Dumas
article: PLoS Genetics, 2019, 15 (9), pp.e1008400. ⟨10.1371/journal.pgen.1008400⟩
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titre: The RIN ‐regulated Small Auxin‐Up RNA SAUR 69 is involved in the unripe‐to‐ripe phase transition of tomato fruit via enhancement of the sensitivity to ethylene
auteur: Jun‐hye Shin, Isabelle Mila, Mingchun Liu, Maria Aurineide Rodrigues, Teva Vernoux, Julien Pirrello, Mondher Bouzayen
article: New Phytologist, 2019, 222 (2), pp.820-836. ⟨10.1111/nph.15618⟩
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titre: Dissecting the pathways coordinating patterning and growth by plant boundary domains
auteur: Aude Maugarny-Calès, Millan Cortizo, Bernard B. Adroher, Néro N. Borrega, Beatriz Goncalves Gonçalves, Geraldine Brunoud, Teva Vernoux, Nicolas Arnaud, Patrick Laufs
article: PLoS Genetics, 2019, 15 (1), pp.e1007913. ⟨10.1371/journal.pgen.1007913⟩
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titre: Reconstructing trait evolution in plant evo–devo studies
auteur: Pierre-Marc Delaux, Alexander Hetherington, Yoan Coudert, Charles Delwiche, Christophe Dunand, Sven Gould, Paul Kenrick, Fay-Wei Li, Herve Philippe, Stefan Rensing, Mélanie K Rich, Christine Strullu-Derrien, Jan de Vries
article: Current Biology - CB, 2019, 29 (21), pp.R1110-R1118. ⟨10.1016/j.cub.2019.09.044⟩
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titre: Capturing Auxin Response Factors Syntax Using DNA Binding Models
auteur: Arnaud Stigliani, Raquel Martin-Arevalillo, Jérémy Lucas, Adrien Bessy, Thomas Vinos-Poyo, Victoria Mironova, Teva Vernoux, Renaud Dumas, François Parcy
article: Molecular Plant, 2019, 12 (6), pp.822-832. ⟨10.1016/j.molp.2018.09.010⟩
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titre: Shining light on plant hormones with genetically encoded biosensors
auteur: Raquel Martin Arevalillo, Teva Vernoux
article: Biological Chemistry, 2019, 400 (4), pp.477-486. ⟨10.1515/hsz-2018-0310⟩
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Book sections

titre: Patterning at the shoot apical meristem and phyllotaxis
auteur: Teva Vernoux, Shi Bihai
article: Current Topics in Developmental Biology, 131, Elsevier Academic Press Inc., 11 p., 2019, Current Topics in Developmental Biology, 978-0-12-809804-2. ⟨10.1016/bs.ctdb.2018.10.003⟩
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2018

Journal articles

titre: Root branching toward water involves posttranslational modification of transcription factor ARF7
auteur: Beatriz Orosa-Puente, Nicola Leftley, Daniel von Wangenheim, Jason Banda, Anjil Srivastava, Kristine Hill, Jekaterina Truskina, Rahul Bhosale, Emily Morris, Moumita Srivastava, Britta Kümpers, Tatsuaki Goh, Hidehiro Fukaki, Joop Vermeer, Teva Vernoux, José Dinneny, Andrew French, Anthony Bishopp, Ari Sadanandom, Malcolm Bennett
article: Science, 2018, 362 (6421), pp.1407-1410. ⟨10.1126/science.aau3956⟩
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titre: A mechanistic framework for auxin dependent Arabidopsis root hair elongation to low external phosphate
auteur: Rahul Bhosale, Jitender Giri, Bipin Pandey, Ricardo Giehl, Anja Hartmann, Richard Traini, Jekaterina Truskina, Nicola Leftley, Meredith Hanlon, Kamal Swarup, Afaf Rashed, Ute Voss, Jose Alonso, Anna Stepanova, Jeonga Yun, Karin Ljung, Kathleen Brown, Jonathan P Lynch, Liam Dolan, Teva Vernoux, Anthony Bishopp, Darren Wells, Nicolaus von Wirén, Malcolm Bennett, Ranjan Swarup
article: Nature Communications, 2018, 9 (1), ⟨10.1038/s41467-018-03851-3⟩
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titre: Transcriptional induction of cell wall remodelling genes is coupled to microtubule-driven growth isotropy at the shoot apex in Arabidopsis
auteur: Alessia Armezzani, Ursula Abad, Olivier Ali, Amélie Andres Robin, Laetitia Vachez, Antoine Larrieu, Ewa Mellerowicz, Ludivine Taconnat, Virginie Battu, Thomas Stanislas, Mengying Liu, Teva Vernoux, Jan Traas, Massimiliano Sassi
article: Development (Cambridge, England), 2018, 145 (11), ⟨10.1242/dev.162255⟩
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titre: The Rosa genome provides new insights into the domestication of modern roses
auteur: Olivier Raymond, Jerome Gouzy, Jérémy Just, Hélène Badouin, Marion Verdenaud, Arnaud Lemainque, Philippe Vergne, Sandrine Moja, Nathalie Choisne, Caroline C. Pont, Sébastien Carrere, Jean Claude Caissard, Arnaud Couloux, Ludovic Cottret, Jean-Marc Aury, Judit Szécsi, David D. Latrasse, Mohammed Madoui, Léa Francois, Xiaopeng Fu, Shu-Hua Yang, Annick Dubois, Florence Piola, Antoine Larrieu, Magali Perez, Karine Labadie, Lauriane Perrier, Benjamin Govetto, Yoan Labrousse, Priscilla Villand, Claudia Bardoux, Véronique Boltz, Celine Lopez-Roques, Pascal Heitzler, Teva Vernoux, Michiel Vandenbussche, Hadi Quesneville, Adnane Boualem, Abdelhafid Bendahmane, Chang Liu, Manuel Le Bris, Jérôme Salse, Sylvie Baudino, Moussa Benhamed, Patrick Wincker, Mohammed Bendahmane
article: Nature Genetics, 2018, 50 (6), pp.772-777. ⟨10.1038/s41588-018-0110-3⟩
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titre: Systems biology of meristems: an interview with Teva Vernoux
auteur: Teva Vernoux
article: BMC Biology, 2018, 16, ⟨10.1186/s12915-018-0591-7⟩
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titre: The growth of a stable stationary structure: coordinating cell behavior and patterning at the shoot apical meristem
auteur: Jekaterina Truskina, Teva Vernoux
article: Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 2018, 41, pp.83-88. ⟨10.1016/j.pbi.2017.09.011⟩
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Preprints, Working Papers, ...

titre: From spatio-temporal morphogenetic gradients to rhythmic patterning at the shoot apex
auteur: Carlos Galvan-Ampudia, Guillaume Cerutti, Jonathan Legrand, Romain Azaïs, Geraldine Brunoud, Steven Moussu, Christian Wenzl, Jan U Lohmann, Christophe Godin, Teva Vernoux
article: 2018
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2017

Journal articles

titre: Auxin 2016: a burst of auxin in the warm south of China
auteur: Teva Vernoux, Stephanie Robert
article: Development (Cambridge, England), 2017, 144 (4), pp.533-540. ⟨10.1242/dev.144790⟩
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titre: Structure of the Arabidopsis TOPLESS corepressor provides insight into the evolution of transcriptional repression
auteur: Raquel Martin-Arevalillo, Max H. Nanao, Antoine Larrieu, Thomas Vinos-Poyo, David Mast, Carlos Galvan-Ampudia, Geraldine Brunoud, Teva Vernoux, Renaud Dumas, François Parcy
article: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2017, 114 (30), pp.8107-8112. ⟨10.1073/pnas.1703054114⟩
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2016

Journal articles

titre: A stochastic multicellular model identifies biological watermarks from disorders in self-organized patterns of phyllotaxis
auteur: Yassin Refahi, Géraldine Brunoud, Etienne Farcot, Alain Jean-Marie, Minna Pulkkinen, Teva Vernoux, Christophe Godin
article: eLife, 2016, 71, pp.50. ⟨10.7554/eLife.14093.001⟩
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titre: A Glimpse beyond Structures in Auxin-Dependent Transcription.
auteur: François Parcy, Teva Vernoux, Renaud Dumas
article: Trends in Plant Science, 2016, 21 (7), pp.574-583. ⟨10.1016/j.tplants.2016.02.002⟩
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titre: Phyllotaxis: from patterns of organogenesis at the meristem to shoot architecture
auteur: Carlos S Galvan-‐ampudia, Anaïs M Chaumeret, Christophe Godin, Teva Vernoux
article: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Developmental Biology, 2016, 5 (4), pp.460 - 473. ⟨10.1002/wdev.231⟩
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titre: Reproductive failure in Arabidopsis thaliana under transient carbohydrate limitation: flowers and very young siliques are jettisoned and the meristem is maintained to allow successful resumption of reproductive growth
auteur: Martin A. Lauxmann, Maria G. Annunziata, Geraldine Brunoud, Vanessa Wahl, Andrzej Koczut, Asdrubal Burgos, Justyna J. Olas, Eugenia Maximova, Christin Abel, Armin Schlereth, Aleksandra M. Soja, Oliver E. Bläsing, John E. Lunn, Teva Vernoux, Mark Stitt
article: Plant, Cell and Environment, 2016, 39 (4), pp.745-767. ⟨10.1111/pce.12634⟩
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titre: Q&A: How does jasmonate signaling enable plants to adapt and survive?
auteur: Antoine Larrieu, Teva Vernoux
article: BMC Biology, 2016, 14, pp.1-8. ⟨10.1186/s12915-016-0308-8⟩
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titre: Modelling the influence of dimerisation sequence dissimilarities on the auxin signalling network
auteur: Jonathan Legrand, Jean-Benoist Leger, Stephane S. Robin, Teva Vernoux, Yann Guédon
article: BMC Systems Biology, 2016, 10 (22), pp.17. ⟨10.1186/s12918-016-0254-7⟩
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titre: Semi-parametric Markov Tree for cell lineage analysis
auteur: Pierre Fernique, Jonathan Legrand, Jean-Baptiste Durand, Yann Guédon
article: 2016
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2015

Journal articles

titre: Meristem size contributes to the robustness of phyllotaxis in Arabidopsis
auteur: Benoit Landrein, Yassin Refahi, Fabrice Besnard, Nathan Hervieux, Vincent Mirabet, Arezki Boudaoud, Teva Vernoux, Olivier O. Hamant
article: Journal of Experimental Botany, 2015, 66 (5), pp.1317-1324. ⟨10.1093/jxb/eru482⟩
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titre: Three ancient hormonal cues co-ordinate shoot branching in a moss
auteur: Yoan Coudert, Wojtek Palubicki, Karin Ljung, Ondrej Novak, Ottoline Leyser, Jill Harrison
article: eLife, 2015
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titre: Modeling plant development: from signals to gene networks
auteur: Cyril Lavedrine, Etienne Farcot, Teva Vernoux
article: Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 2015, 27, pp.148-153. ⟨10.1016/j.pbi.2015.07.002⟩
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titre: Mechanical stress contributes to the expression of the STM homeobox gene in Arabidopsis shoot meristems
auteur: Benoit Landrein, Annamaria Kiss, Massimiliano Sassi, Aurélie Chauvet, Pradeep Das, Millan Cortizo Sabugo Cortizo, Patrick P. Laufs, Seiji Takeda, Mitsuhiro Aida, Jan Traas, Teva Vernoux, Arezki Boudaoud, Olivier O. Hamant
article: eLife, 2015, 4, pp.1-27. ⟨10.7554/eLife.07811⟩
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titre: Transcriptional control of tissue formation throughout root development
auteur: Miguel A. Moreno-Risueno, Rosangela Sozzani, Galip Gürkan Yardimci, Jalean J. Petricka, Teva Vernoux, Ikram Blilou, Jose Alonso, Cara M. Winter, Uwe Ohler, Ben Scheres, Philip N. Benfey
article: Science, 2015, 350 (6259), pp.426-430. ⟨10.1126/science.aad1171⟩
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titre: Overexpression of the arabidopsis thaliana signalling peptide TAXIMIN1 affects lateral organ development
auteur: Janine Colling, Takayuki Tohge, Rebecca de Clercq, Geraldine Brunoud, Teva Vernoux, Alisdair Fernie, Nokwanda Makunga, Alain Goossens, Laurens Pauwels
article: Journal of Experimental Botany, 2015, 66 (17), pp.5337-5349. ⟨10.1093/jxb/erv291⟩
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titre: A modular analysis of the auxin signalling network
auteur: Etienne Farcot, Cyril Lavedrine, Teva Vernoux
article: PLoS ONE, 2015, 10 (3), ⟨10.1371/journal.pone.0122231⟩
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titre: A fluorescent hormone biosensor reveals the dynamics of jasmonate signalling in plants
auteur: Antoine Larrieu, Antony Champion, Jonathan Legrand, Julien Lavenus, David Mast, Geraldine Brunoud, Jaesung Oh, Soazig Guyomarc'H, Maxime Pizot, Edward E. Farmer, Colin Turnbull, Teva Vernoux, Malcolm J. Bennett, Laurent Laplaze
article: Nature Communications, 2015, 6, pp.1-8. ⟨10.1038/ncomms7043⟩
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titre: Reporters for sensitive and quantitative measurement of auxin response
auteur: Che-Yang Liao, Wouter Smet, Geraldine Brunoud, Saiko Yoshida, Teva Vernoux, Dolf Weijers
article: Nature Methods, 2015, 12 (3), ⟨10.1038/NMETH.3279⟩
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Book sections

titre: Comparison of plant hormone signalling systems
auteur: Antoine Larrieu, Teva Vernoux
article: Plant Hormone Signalling, 58, Portland Press, pp.17, 2015, Essays in Biochemistry, ⟨10.1042/BSE0580165⟩
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2014

Journal articles

titre: An Auxin-Mediated Shift toward Growth Isotropy Promotes Organ Formation at the Shoot Meristem in Arabidopsis
auteur: Massimiliano Sassi, Olivier Ali, Frédéric Boudon, Gladys Cloarec, Ursula Abad, Coralie Cellier, Xu Chen, Benjamin Gilles, Pascale Milani, Jìrí Friml, Teva Vernoux, Christophe Godin, Olivier Hamant, Jan Traas
article: Current Biology - CB, 2014, 24 (19), pp.2335-2342. ⟨10.1016/j.cub.2014.08.036⟩
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titre: Signal integration by GSK3 kinases in the root
auteur: Carlos S. Galvan-Ampudia, Teva Vernoux
article: Nature Cell Biology, 2014, 16 (1), pp.21-23. ⟨10.1038/ncb2898⟩
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titre: Auxin depletion from leaf primordia contributes to organ patterning
auteur: Jiyan Qi, Ying Wang, Ting Yu, Alexandre Cunha, Binbin Wu, Teva Vernoux, Elliot Meyerowitz, Yuling Jiao
article: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2014, 111 (52), pp.18769 - 18774. ⟨10.1073/pnas.1421878112⟩
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titre: Structural basis for oligomerization of auxin transcriptional regulators.
auteur: Max H Nanao, Thomas Vinos-Poyo, Géraldine Brunoud, Emmanuel Thévenon, Meryl Mazzoleni, David Mast, Stéphanie Lainé, Shucai Wang, Gretchen Hagen, Hanbing Li, Thomas J Guilfoyle, François Parcy, Teva Vernoux, Renaud Dumas
article: Nature Communications, 2014, 5, pp.3617. ⟨10.1038/ncomms4617⟩
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titre: The AHP6 cytokinin signaling inhibitor mediates an auxin-cytokinin crosstalk that regulates the timing of organ initiation at the shoot apical meristem
auteur: Fabrice Besnard, Frédérique Rozier, Teva Vernoux
article: Plant Signaling and Behavior, 2014, 9 (4), ⟨10.4161/psb.28788⟩
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titre: Systems analysis of auxin transport in the Arabidopsis root apex
auteur: Leah R. Band, Darren M. Wells, John A. Fozard, Teodor Ghetiu, Andrew P. French, Michael P. Pound, Michael H. Wilson, Lei Yu, Wenda Li, Hussein I. Hijazi, Jaesung Oh, Simon P. Pearce, Miguel A. Perez-Amador, Jeonga Yun, Eric Kramer, Jose M. Alonso, Christophe Godin, Teva Vernoux, T. Charlie Hodgman, Tony P. Pridmore, Ranjan Swarup, John R. King, Malcolm J. Bennett
article: The Plant cell, 2014, 26 (3), pp.862-875. ⟨10.1105/tpc.113.119495⟩
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titre: Auxin depletion from the leaf axil conditions competence for axillary meristem formation in Arabidopsis and tomato
auteur: Quan Wang, Wouter Kohlen, Susanne Rossmann, Teva Vernoux, Klaus Theres
article: The Plant cell, 2014, 26 (5), pp.2068-2079. ⟨10.1105/tpc.114.123059⟩
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titre: Cytokinin signalling inhibitory fields provide robustness to phyllotaxis
auteur: Fabrice Besnard, Yassin Refahi, Valérie Morin, Benjamin Marteaux, Géraldine Brunoud, Pierre Chambrier, Frédérique Rozier, Vincent Mirabet, Jonathan Legrand, Stéphanie Lainé, Emmanuel Thévenon, Etienne Farcot, Coralie Cellier, Pradeep Das, Anthony Bishopp, Renaud Dumas, François Parcy, Ykä Helariutta, Arezki Boudaoud, Christophe Godin, Jan Traas, Yann Guédon, Teva Vernoux
article: Nature, 2014, 505 (7483), pp.417-421. ⟨10.1038/nature12791⟩
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titre: Plasma membrane H+-ATPase regulation is required for auxin gradient formation preceding phototropic growth
auteur: Tim Hohm, Emilie Demarsy, Clement Quan, Laure Allenbach Petrolati, Tobias Preuten, Teva Vernoux, Sven Bergmann, Christian Fankhauser
article: Molecular Systems Biology, 2014, 10 (9), pp.1-11. ⟨10.15252/msb.20145247⟩
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titre: Analysis of 3D gene expression patterns in plants using whole-mount RNA in situ hybridization
auteur: Frédérique Rozier, Vincent Mirabet, Teva Vernoux, Pradeep Das
article: Nature Protocols, 2014, 9 (10), pp.2464-2475. ⟨10.1038/nprot.2014.162⟩
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titre: Plant roots use a patterning mechanism to position lateral root branches toward available water
auteur: Yun Bao, Pooja Aggarwal, Neil E. Robbins, Craig J. Sturrock, Mark C. Thompson, Han Qi Tan, Cliff Tham, Lina Duan, Pedro L. Rodriguez, Teva Vernoux, Sacha J. Mooney, Malcolm J. Bennett, Jose R. Dinneny
article: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2014, 111 (25), pp.9319-9324. ⟨10.1073/pnas.1400966111⟩
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2013

Journal articles

titre: Biosensors for phytohormone quantification: challenges, solutions, and opportunities
auteur: Darren M. Wells, Laurent Laplaze, Malcolm J. Bennett, Teva Vernoux
article: Trends in Plant Science, 2013, 18 (5), pp.244 - 249. ⟨10.1016/j.tplants.2012.12.005⟩
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titre: Auxin and self-organization at the shoot apical meristem
auteur: Massimiliano Sassi, Teva Vernoux
article: Journal of Experimental Botany, 2013, 64 (9), pp.2579 - 2592. ⟨10.1093/jxb/ert101⟩
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titre: Pattern identification and characterization reveal permutations of organs as a key genetically controlled property of post-meristematic phyllotaxis
auteur: Yann Guédon, Yassin Refahi, Fabrice Besnard, Etienne Farcot, Christophe Godin, Teva Vernoux
article: Journal of Theoretical Biology, 2013, 338, pp.94-110. ⟨10.1016/j.jtbi.2013.07.026⟩
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titre: Plant hormone signaling during development: insights from computational models
auteur: Marina Oliva, Etienne Farcot, Teva Vernoux
article: Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 2013, 16 (1), pp.19-24. ⟨10.1016/j.pbi.2012.11.006⟩
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titre: Halotropism Is a Response of Plant Roots to Avoid a Saline Environment
auteur: Carlos S. Galvan-Ampudia, Magdalena M. Julkowska, Essam Darwish, Jacinto Gandullo, Ruud A. Korver, Geraldine Brunoud, Michel A. Haring, Teun Munnik, Teva Vernoux, Christa Testerink
article: Current Biology - CB, 2013, 23 (20), pp.2044 - 2050. ⟨10.1016/j.cub.2013.08.042⟩
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2012

Journal articles

titre: A Light-Regulated Genetic Module Was Recruited to Carpel Development in Arabidopsis following a Structural Change to SPATULA
auteur: Matthieu Reymond, Geraldine Brunoud, Aurélie Chauvet, Jaime F. Martinez-Garcia, Marie-Laure Magniette, Françoise Monéger, C.P. Scutt
article: The Plant cell, 2012, 24 (7), pp.2812 - 2825. ⟨10.1105/tpc.112.097915⟩
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titre: Root gravitropism is regulated by a transient lateral auxin gradient controlled by a tipping-point mechanism.
auteur: Leah R Band, Darren M Wells, Antoine Larrieu, Jianyong Sun, Alistair M Middleton, Andrew P French, Géraldine Brunoud, Ethel Mendocilla Sato, Michael H Wilson, Benjamin Péret, Marina Oliva, Ranjan Swarup, Ilkka Sairanen, Geraint Parry, Karin Ljung, Tom Beeckman, Jonathan M Garibaldi, Mark Estelle, Markus R Owen, Kris Vissenberg, T Charlie Hodgman, Tony P Pridmore, John R King, Teva Vernoux, Malcolm J Bennett
article: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2012, 109 (12), pp.4668-73. ⟨10.1073/pnas.1201498109⟩
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titre: COP1 mediates the coordination of root and shoot growth by light through modulation of PIN1-and PIN2-dependent auxin transport in Arabidopsis
auteur: Massimiliano Sassi, Yanfen Lu, Yonghong Zhang, Juan Wang, Pankaj Dhonukshe, Ikram Blilou, Minqiu Dai, Juan Li, Ximing Gong, Yvon Jaillais, Xuhong Yu, Jan Traas, Ida Ruberti, Haiyang Wang, Ben Scheres, Teva Vernoux, Jian Xu
article: Development (Cambridge, England), 2012, 139 (18), pp.3402 - 3412. ⟨10.1242/dev.078212⟩
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titre: Modeling regulatory networks to understand plant development: small is beautiful
auteur: Alistair Middleton, Etienne Farcot, Markus Owen, Teva Vernoux
article: The Plant cell, 2012, 24 (10), pp.3876-3891. ⟨10.1105/tpc.112.101840⟩
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titre: Noise and robustness in phyllotaxis
auteur: Vincent Mirabet, Fabrice Besnard, Teva Vernoux, Arezki Boudaoud
article: PLoS Computational Biology, 2012, 8 (2), ⟨10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002389⟩
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titre: A novel sensor to map auxin response and distribution at high spatio-temporal resolution
auteur: Geraldine Brunoud, Darren M. Wells, Marina Oliva, Antoine Larrieu, Vincent Mirabet, Amy H. Burrow, Tom Beeckman, Stefan Kepinski, Jan Traas, Malcolm J. Bennett, Teva Vernoux
article: Nature, 2012, 482 (7383), pp.103 - U132. ⟨10.1038/nature10791⟩
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2011

Journal articles

titre: The auxin signalling network translates dynamic input into robust patterning at the shoot apex
auteur: Teva Vernoux, Géraldine Brunoud, Etienne Farcot, Valérie Morin, Hilde van Den Daele, Jonathan Legrand, Marina Oliva, Pradeep Das, Antoine Larrieu, Darren Wells, Yann Guédon, Lynne Armitage, Franck Picard, Soazig Guyomarch, Coralie Cellier, Geraint Parry, Rachil Koumproglou, John H. Doonan, Mark Estelle, Christophe Godin, Stefan Kepinski, Malcolm Bennett, Lieven De Veylder, Jan Traas
article: Molecular Systems Biology, 2011, 7 (508), ⟨10.1038/msb.2011.39⟩
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titre: Positional information by differential endocytosis splits auxin response to drive arabidopsis root meristem growth
auteur: Luca Santuari, Emanuele Scacchi, Antia Rodriguez-Villalon, Paula Salinas, Esther M. N. Dohmann, Geraldine Brunoud, Teva Vernoux, Richard S. Smith, Christian S. Hardtke
article: Current Biology - CB, 2011, 21 (22), pp.1918 - 1923. ⟨10.1016/j.cub.2011.10.002⟩
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titre: Organogenesis from stem cells in planta: multiple feedback loops integrating molecular and mechanical signals
auteur: Fabrice Besnard, Teva Vernoux, Olivier O. Hamant
article: Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2011, 68 (17), pp.2885-2906. ⟨10.1007/s00018-011-0732-4⟩
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2010

Journal articles

titre: Interplay between the NADP-linked thioredoxin and glutathione systems in Arabidopsis auxin signaling.
auteur: Talaat Bashandy, Jocelyne Guilleminot, Teva Vernoux, David Caparros-Ruiz, Karin Ljung, Yves Meyer, Jean-Philippe Reichheld
article: The Plant cell, 2010, 22 (2), pp.376-91. ⟨10.1105/tpc.109.071225⟩
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titre: Cyclin-dependent kinase activity maintains the shoot apical meristem cells in an undifferentiated state
auteur: Tarik Gaamouche, Carmem-Lara de O. Manes, Dorota Kwiatkowska, Barbara Berckmans, Rachel Koumproglou, Sara Maes, Tom Beeckman, Teva Vernoux, John H. Doonan, Jan Traas, Dirk Inzé, Lieven de Veylder
article: The Plant Journal, 2010, 64 (1), pp.26 - 37. ⟨10.1111/j.1365-313X.2010.04317.x⟩
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titre: Auxin at the shoot apical meristem
auteur: Teva Vernoux, Fabrice Besnard, Jan Traas
article: Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology, 2010, 2 (4), pp.a001487. ⟨10.1101/cshperspect.a001487⟩
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2009

Journal articles

titre: Floral stem cell termination involves the direct regulation of AGAMOUS by PERIANTHIA
auteur: Pradeep Das, T. Ito, F. Wellmer, Teva Vernoux, A. Dedieu, Jan Traas, Em Meyerowitz
article: Development (Cambridge, England), 2009, 136 (10), pp.1605-1611
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2006

Journal articles

titre: Whole-genome analysis of the SHORT-ROOT developmental pathway in Arabidopsis
auteur: Mp Levesque, Teva Vernoux, W. Busch
article: PLoS Biology, 2006, 4, pp.739-752. ⟨10.1371/journal.pbio.0040143⟩
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We recruit

Hormonal Signalling and Development
2024-2025 Postdoc - scOmics of shoot development
2024-2025 Postdoc - Omics data computational analysis
2024-2025 PhD - Coordination of cell polarity and division in a simple shoot meristem

toutes nos offres

Scientific context:

From dynamic patterning to global plant architecture

Research in the SIGNAL team addresses a question central to developmental biology: how do non-linear interactions at multiple scales (molecule, cell, tissue, organism) lead to coordinated cell behaviours and to the emergence of precise forms in multi-cellular organisms?
For instance, many of our projects are connected to phyllotaxis, the geometric arrangement of leaves, branches and flowers along stems, which shows striking regularities and puzzling mathematical properties. We use both seed plants and mosses as model systems, and interdisciplinary approaches to tackle this question. To capture how developmental dynamics link genotypes to phenotypes, our approaches are deeply rooted in functional genetics and rely on quantitative phenotyping at all scales (e.g. using confocal imaging), real-time observations and computational modelling.

More specific research themes focus on:
– Hormonal signals and developmental dynamics at the shoot apical meristem
– Genetic control and robustness of inflorescence architecture
– Hormonal control and evolution of branching forms
– Multi-scale imaging solutions for the quantitative analysis of forms

Hormonal signals and developmental dynamics at the shoot apical meristem

Project leader: Teva Vernoux
Persons involved: Géraldine Brunoud (CNRS Research Engineer), Carlos Galván-Ampudia (Senior postdoc), Raquel Martin-Arevalillo (Postdoc), Estefania Pavesi (PhD Student; co-supervisor: Matias Zurbriggen, University of Düsseldorf).

The shoot apical meristem, a specialized tissue containing a stem cell niche, produces new lateral organs throughout the life of the plant. Here, we investigate how spatio-temporal distribution of hormonal signals and hormone signalling activity contribute to reiterative patterning at the shoot apical meristem.

To do so, we follow a number of complementary lines of research aiming to:
– Obtain a quantitative understanding of how the spatio-temporal distribution of auxin is controlled;
– Analyze the gene network controlling the response to auxin in space and time;
– Understand how symplasmic connections contribute to hormone distribution and patterning;
– Understand how hormones act in controlling growth at the shoot apical meristem and how this contributes to the dynamics of patterning;
– Understand the molecular mechanisms allowing auxin to act in cell fate determination;
– Decipher the molecular basis of auxin-cytokinin interactions during organ patterning at the shoot apical meristem.

We use approaches ranging from quantitative imaging, genomics, genetics to synthetic biology and computational modelling.

Main collaborators: Patrick Achard (IPMB Strasbourg), Malcolm Bennett (University of Nottingham), Anthony Bishopp (University of Nottingham), Siobhan Brady (UC Davis), Renaud Dumas (LPCV Grenoble), Christophe Godin (RDP), Jan Lohman (University of Heidelberg), François Parcy (LPCV Grenoble), François Roudier (RDP), Lyuba Ryabova (IPMB Strasbourg), Dolf Weijers (Wagenigen University), Matias Zurbriggen (University of Düsseldorf)

Genetic control and robustness of inflorescence architecture

Project leaders: Fabrice Besnard and Teva Vernoux
Persons involved: Sana Dieudonné (Ph.D Student), Stéphanie Lainé (INRA Research technician)

Here, we aim to identify key genetic mechanisms controlling plant architecture without prior assumptions. First, we are searching for plants from varied genetic backgrounds with altered shoot architecture traits indicating either a perturbation at the shoot apical meristem and/or a change in the robustness of these traits (i.e. where the variance of the trait is modified). Second, we are aiming to identify the genetic basis explaining the altered phenotypes. We expect to discover novel genes or to shed new light on how known genes act in the dynamics of plant developmental systems. When possible, we work with natural genetic variations that allow us to question how generic are the mechanisms found in laboratory lines and how phenotypic changes occur in natural populations and during evolution.

Ongoing projects are:
– Forward genetics of Arabidopsis thaliana mutants affected in organogenesis and phyllotaxis (S. Laine & F. Besnard / past member: A. Chaumeret)
We are currently investigating a few uncharacterized mutants isolated from Versailles stock center, affected in organogenesis and phyllotaxis. These mutants are in a different genetic background than the widely used Columbia‑0 accession.

– Natural variation of phyllotaxis robustness (F. Besnard)
Despite its regular nature, we showed that inflorescence phyllotaxis shows substantial variations in different genetic backgrounds. Studying those variations can reveal biological watermarks of phyllotaxis and indicate how cell behaviours are coordinated in space and time to generate phyllotactic patterns. We are currently screening different natural accessions to characterize the perturbation levels of their phyllotaxis.

– Coordination of organ identities during rapid phase transition (S. Dieudonné)
Flowering plants switch rapidly from vegetative to floral states when they start producing flowers. In Brassicaceae, including the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, shoots stop producing basic units comprising a leaf and a branch to make only flowers. No intermediate forms are produced. Strong evidence indicates that the leaf (also called ’bract’) is suppressed when the flower arises, through yet unclear mechanisms that evolved in Brassicaceae. We identified a genetic background in Arabidopsis in which some bracts are associated with flowers at the floral transition. We are currently characterizing the genetic variations that disturb the robust coordination between bracts and flowers upon the floral transition.

Hormonal control and evolution of branching forms

Project leader: Yoan Coudert
Persons involved: Elsa Véron (PhD student), Stéphanie Laine (INRA Research technician), Jeanne Abitbol-Spangaro (PhD student).

A key aim in biology is to understand which developmental and genetic changes contributed to the evolution of form through time. In plants, the varied branching patterns emerging from the coordinated activity of meristems at the shoot tips is a key determinant of shape diversity. Hormonal cues have been shown to play a major role in branching control in distinct plant lineages. Here, we aim to understand (1) how the interplay between hormonal cues regulates branch patterning and (2) how this interplay has been remodelled in evolution to generate architectural diversity in plants. We use mosses as model organisms.

Ongoing projects are:
– Evolution of branching control and meristem function in plants
Branch patterning in the shoot is coordinated at the whole plant level by three hormones: auxin, cytokinin and strigolactone. These molecules existed before the divergence between mosses and vascular plants and were independently recruited in both plant lineages to control leafy shoot branching. In vascular plants, including Arabidopsis thaliana, long-range auxin transport is mediated by PIN proteins and is a key regulator of branching. In the moss Physcomitrium patens, pharmacological inhibitor and mutant analysis experiments have shown that homologues of PIN genes have only a minor role in shoot branching. Instead, apolar and diffusive auxin transport has been proposed as a novel regulator of branching in moss and could be mediated by callose-regulated plasmodesmal gating. Our goal is to understand how hormonal cues coordinate branching in the moss Physcomitrium patens .

– Polarity control and shoot development from a single apical cell
Phyllotaxis, the geometry of leaf arrangement around stems, determines plant architecture. Molecular interactions coordinating the formation of phyllotactic patterns have mainly been studied in multicellular shoot apical meristems of flowering plants. Phyllotaxis evolved independently in the major land plant lineages. In mosses, it arises from a single apical cell, raising the question of how the polarity and asymmetric divisions of a single-celled meristem create phyllotactic patterns and whether associated genetic processes are shared across lineages. We use the model moss, Physcomitrium patens, to investigate this fundamental biological problem and identify the mechanisms governing shoot apical cell activity.

Multiscale imaging solutions for the quantitative analysis of forms

Project leaders: Fabrice Besnard, Yoan Coudert, Teva Vernoux
Persons involved: Géraldine Brunoud (CNRS Research Engineer), Julie Charlaix (Engineer), Jonathan Legrand (CNRS Research Engineer), Carlos Galván-Ampudia (Senior postdoc), Bihai Shi (Postdoc)

A limiting factor for understanding the dynamics of shape emergence is the capacity to quantify developmental parameters in time and space at different scales. In order to capture these developmental parameters, the SIGNAL team has been and continue developing:
– Biosensors for hormones;
– Open-source robotic solution to automate the phenotyping of aerial parts of plants (and notably Arabidopsis) with high precision (and reasonable through-put);
– Software solutions for quantitative image analysis.

Main collaborators: Patrick Achard (IPMB Strasbourg), Christophe Godin (RDP), Peter Hannappe (Sony CSL Paris), Jonathan Michin (IAAC Barcelona), Verena Hafner (HU Berlin), Matias Zurbriggen (University of Düsseldorf)

Key publications:

– Coudert Y, Bell NE, Edelin C, Harrison CJ. Multiple innovations underpinned branching form diversification in mosses. New Phytologist, 10.1111/nph.14553 (2017)

– Refahi Y, Brunoud G, Farcot E, Jean-Marie A, Pulkkinen M, Vernoux T*, Godin C * (2016). A stochastic multicellular model identifies biological watermarks from disorders in self-organized patterns of phyllotaxis. eLife 5 :e14093

– Larrieu A, Champion A, Legrand J, Lavenus J, Mast D, Brunoud G, Oh J, Guyomarc’h S, Pizot M, Farmer EE, Turnbull C, Vernoux T*, Bennett M* & Laplaze L* (2015) A novel fluorescent hormone biosensor reveals the dynamics of jasmonate signaling in plants. Nature Communications 6:6043

– Coudert Y, Palubicki W, Ljung K, Novak O, Leyser O, Harrison CJ. Three ancient hormonal cues coordinate shoot branching in the moss Physcomitrella. eLife, 10.7554/eLife.06808 (2015)

– Besnard F, Refahi Y, Morin V, Marteaux B, Brunoud G., Chambrier P, Rozier F, Mirabet V, Legrand J, Lainé S, Thévenon E, Farcot E, Cellier C, Das P, Bishopp A, Dumas R, Parcy F, Helariutta Y, Boudaoud A, Godin C, Traas J, Guédon, Y, Vernoux T* (2014). Cytokinin signalling inhibitory fields provide robustness to phyllotaxis. Nature 505, 417–421

– Brunoud G, Wells DM, Oliva M, Larrieu A, Mirabet V, Burrow AH, Beeckman T, Kepinski S, Traas J, Bennett MJ, Vernoux T* (2012) A novel sensor to map auxin response and distribution at high spatio-temporal resolution. Nature 482: 103-106