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Bin Yan1, Fangrui Li1, Qing Ma1
1State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150036, China.
Abstract:
The miR156 gene is known to play an important role in regulating growth and development in plants. This gene is involved in the transition from juvenile to adult stages, leaf morphology, and root development, among other processes. While the function of miR156 is similar in many plants, there are also differences in the function of this gene between herbaceous and native species. We obtained BpmiR156 overexpression transgenic lines in Betula platyphylla, and the transgenic lines exhibited traits such as delayed development, dwarfism, increased leaf epidermal hairs, larger leaf basal angle and altered stem curvature, which were highly consistent with the overexpression miR156 in Arabidopsis, rice and tomato. However, we also observed a lack of apical dominance, increased number of lateral branches and increased diameter of lateral branches in transgenic B. platyphylla, which is different from the effects reported in other plants. Transgenic plants showed changes in the distribution of IAA, GA3, and Zeatin in lateral branches and main stem, and the ratio of the content of the three hormones was significantly higher than in the non-transgenic plants served as control. Additionally, overexpression of BpmiR156 caused down-regulation of BpSPL4 and BpSPL9 expression, as well as differential expression of genes involved in auxin and cytokinin synthesis such as BpARR3, BpARR11 and BpmiR172.
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