Article
Antagonistic roles of SEPALLATA3, FT and FLC genes as targets of the polycomb group gene CURLY LEAF.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Lopez-Vernaza Manuel, Yang Suxin, Müller Ralf, Thorpe Frazer, de Leau Erica, Goodrich Justin
Abstract excerpt
In Arabidopsis, mutations in the Pc-G gene CURLY LEAF (CLF) give early flowering plants with curled leaves. This phenotype is caused by mis-expression of the floral homeotic gene AGAMOUS (AG) in leaves, so that ag mutations largely suppress the clf phenotype. Here, we identify three mutations that suppress clf despite maintaining high AG expression. We show that the suppressors correspond to mutations in FPA and...
Topics
- Arabidopsis
- Arabidopsis Proteins
- Flowers
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Genes, Plant
- Genetic Testing
- Histones
- Homeodomain Proteins
- MADS Domain Proteins
- Methylation
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Polycomb-Group Proteins
- Repressor Proteins