Table 1.
Key genes mentioned in the text, their relevant homologs in other species, and the leaf axes they pattern.
| Arabidopsis Gene Name | Homologs (Discussed in This Review) |
Leaf Axes1 |
|---|---|---|
| SHOOTMERISTEMLESS (STM) | KNOTTED1 (KN1; maize) | PD |
| BREVIPEDICELLUS(BP), KNAT2, KNAT6 | PD | |
| ASYMMETRIC LEAVES1 (AS1) | PHANTASTICA (PHAN; Antirrhinum), ROUGH SHEATH2 (RS2; maize) | PD,ML, AA |
| ASYMMETRIC LEAVES2 (AS2) | INDETERMINATE GAMETOPHYTE (IG1; maize) | PD,AA |
| PHABULOSA (PHB), REVOLUTA (REV), PHAVOLUTA (PHV) | ROLLED LEAF1 (rld1; maize) | AA |
| ETTIN/AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR3 (ETT/ARF3), AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR4 | ARF3a (maize) | AA,ML |
| MONOPTEROS (MP) | AA,ML | |
| miR165/miR166 | miR165/miR166 (maize) | AA |
| TAS3A | TAS3A (maize) | AA |
| KANADI1/2/3 (KAN) |
MILKWEED POD1 (mwp1; maize) |
AA |
| PIN-FORMED1 (PIN1) | PD | |
| PRESSED FLOWER (PRS, WOX3) | NARROW SHEATH1/2 (NS1/2; maize), NARROW LEAF2/3 (NAL2/3; rice), NARROW LEAF DWARF (NLD1; barley) | ML,AA |
| WUSCHEL-LIKE HOMEOBOX1 (WOX1) | LAMINA1 (LAM1; tobacco), MAEWEST (MAW; petunia), STENEFOLIA (STF; Medicago) | ML,AA |
| CUP-SHAPED COTYLEDON2 (CUC2) | ML | |
| TEOSINTE BRANCHED1/CINCINNATA/PROLIFERATING CELL FACTOR (TCP) | PD | |
| NGATHA (NGA) | PD | |
| miR319 | PD | |
| FILAMENTOUS FLOWER (FIL), YABBY3 (YAB3), YABBY5 (YAB5) | DROOPING LEAF1/2 (DRL1/2, maize), YABBY1 (YAB1, rice) | PD,ML |
| BLADE ON PETIOLE1/2 (BOP1/2) | PD,ML |
1 PD: proximodistal, ML: mediolateral, AA: adaxial–abaxial.