Article
FT-like proteins induce transposon silencing in the shoot apex during floral induction in rice.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 24 Feb 2015
Tamaki Shojiro, Tsuji Hiroyuki, Matsumoto Ayana, Fujita Akiko, Shimatani Zenpei, Terada Rie, Sakamoto Tomoaki, Kurata Tetsuya, Shimamoto Ko
Abstract excerpt
Floral induction is a crucial developmental step in higher plants. Florigen, a mobile floral activator that is synthesized in the leaf and transported to the shoot apex, was recently identified as a protein encoded by FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) and its orthologs; the rice florigen is Heading date 3a (Hd3a) protein. The 14-3-3 proteins mediate the interaction of Hd3a with the transcription factor OsFD1 to form a...
Topics
- Base Sequence
- DNA Transposable Elements
- Down-Regulation
- Florigen
- Flowers
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Gene Silencing
- Genes, Plant
- Inflorescence
- Meristem
- Organogenesis
- Oryza
- Phenotype