Article
Strigolactone inhibition of shoot branching.
Nature - 11 Sept 2008
Gomez-Roldan Victoria, Fermas Soraya, Brewer Philip B, Puech-Pagès Virginie, Dun Elizabeth A, Pillot Jean-Paul, Letisse Fabien, Matusova Radoslava, Danoun Saida, Portais Jean-Charles, Bouwmeester Harro, Bécard Guillaume, Beveridge Christine A, Rameau Catherine, Rochange Soizic F
Abstract excerpt
A carotenoid-derived hormonal signal that inhibits shoot branching in plants has long escaped identification. Strigolactones are compounds thought to be derived from carotenoids and are known to trigger the germination of parasitic plant seeds and stimulate symbiotic fungi. Here we present evidence that carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase 8 shoot branching mutants of pea are strigolactone deficient and that...
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