Periodic Reporting for period 1 - MASAM (New tools for key questions in plant development: using qualitative and quantitative proteomics for direct determination of the set of DNA and RNA-binding factors regulating single copy genes)

Plant development relies on the activity of meristems, a structure that contains stem cells that form plant organs. The shoot apical meristem (SAM) located at the growing tip generates all the aerial parts of plants through differentiation. To understand how the activity of...