Article
SPIKE1 Activates ROP GTPase to Modulate Petal Growth and Shape.
Plant physiology - 1 Sept 2016
Ren Huibo, Dang Xie, Yang Yanqiu, Huang Dingquan, Liu Mengting, Gao Xiaowei, Lin Deshu
Abstract excerpt
Plant organ growth and final shape rely on cell proliferation and, particularly, on cell expansion that largely determines the visible growth of plant organs. Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) petals serve as an excellent model for dissecting the coordinated regulation of patterns of cell expansion and organ growth, but the molecular signaling mechanisms underlying this regulation remain largely unknown. Here,...
Topics
- Arabidopsis
- Arabidopsis Proteins
- Flowers
- GTP-Binding Proteins
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Microscopy, Confocal
- Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Plants, Genetically Modified
- RNA Interference
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction