Converse of object

• call: Specialized groups of cells, called meristems, retain the ability to generate new cells throughout the lifetime of the plant.

• develop: The combined genetic and visualization tools are providing powerful new methods for dissecting cell-cell interactions within the developing root meristem.

Adjective modifier

• apical: The apical meristem is an area of a plant where cell division takes place at a rapid rate.

Modifies a noun

• tip: The meristem tip is usually a denser white and is more rounded than the cut end.

• activity: These studies will be an important first step in strategies aimed at controlling tree growth and form by altering meristem activity.

• mutant: These have generated thousands of new lines which provide a rich source of uncharacterized root meristem mutants with cyan and green fluorescent protein markers.

• culture: Meristem tip culture eliminates most viruses, fungi and bacteria, but not necessarily endophytes.

Noun used with modifier

• root: The main part of this image shows a root tip meristem cell from pea root.

• plant: Cells within a plant meristem form a complex system, and clearly possess self-organising properties.

• shoot: Outline content: The shoot meristem; molecular control of vegetative growth and phase change.