Dictionary definition: abaxial

Article: The milkweed pod1 Gene Encodes a KANADI Protein That Is Required ...
Plant Cell;  August 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... adaxial side faces the meristem, while the abaxial side faces away from the meristem. Adaxial/abaxial polarity is thought to be necessary for ... leaves, as mutants lacking either adaxial or abaxial cell types often develop radially symmetric ...

Article: Two Discrete cis Elements Control the Abaxial ...
Plant Cell;  November 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... FIL), plays a role in specifying the abaxial side tissues in the development of lateral ... responsible for the expression of both the abaxial and adaxial sides, and the other element ... developmental biologists. The adaxial-abaxial axis that is established determines the ...

Article: The Arabidopsis LATERAL ORGAN BOUNDARIES-domain gene ASYMMETRIC ...
Plant Cell;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... to a perturbation of normal adaxial-abaxial asymmetry in lateral organs, resulting in the replacement of abaxial cell types with adaxial cell types ... proximal-distal axis and an adaxial-abaxial axis. These asymmetries are established ...

Article: BLADE-ON-PETIOLE1 and 2 Control Arabidopsis Lateral Organ Fate ...
Plant Cell;  June 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... and BOP2 in establishing the adaxial-abaxial polarity axis in the leaf petiole, where ... to their well-known role in promoting abaxial organ identity. Our data indicate that ... proximodistal, the dorsoventral (adaxial-abaxial), and mediolateral axes (Waites and ...

Dictionary definition: abaxial
A Dictionary of Ecology;      232 words ...abaxial Of a plant organ, facing away from the axis or main stem (e.g. the lower surface of leaves). Compare adaxial .

Article: AINTEGUMENTA Contributes to Organ Polarity and Regulates Growth ...
Plant Physiology;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... display polarity along their adaxial-abaxial axis with distinct cell types forming ... are expressed in either the adaxial or abaxial domain of organ primordia where they confer ... and close to the meristem, while their abaxial side is located further from the meristem ...

Article: PHANTASTICA Regulates Development of the Adaxial Mesophyll in ...
Plant Cell;  May 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... leaf blades is oriented by an adaxial/abaxial axis aligned with the original axis of ... transgenic leaves have normal adaxial/abaxial polarity and generate leaf blades in the ... 1998; McConnell et al., 2001). The abaxial domain facing away from the meristem is ...