Merijn Kerstens
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Merijn Kerstens
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PhD Candidate Cell & Developmental Biology @ Wageningen University & Research

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PLETHORA3/7 controls cucumber shoot architecture

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CsPLTs are expressed in cucumber root and shoot apices.
February 9, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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#LatestIssue cover: Confocal #microscopy image showing DR5:3nucVenus expression in the inflorescence apical meristem of an Arabidopsis thaliana plt3 plt5 plt7 pin1-T600I mutant. Image courtesy of Kerstens and Willemsen.

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On the cover of New Phytologist volume 249, issue 1: Confocal microscopy image showing DR5:3nucVenus expression (yellow) in the inflorescence apical meristem (cyan) of an Arabidopsis thaliana plt3 plt5 plt7 pin1-T600I mutant. The DR5:3nucVenus auxin-responsive reporter highlights regions of auxin accumulation and signalling activity within the mutant inflorescence apical meristem. Image courtesy of Merijn Kerstens and Viola Willemsen.
December 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM