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Lateral Root Inducible System in Arabidopsis and Maize
Published on: January 14, 2016
振荡基因表达决定了定期的阿拉比多普西斯根分支能力
Miguel A Moreno-Risueno1, Jaimie M Van Norman, Antonio Moreno
1Department of Biology and Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy Center for Systems Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
概括
植物根在循环基因表达脉冲的指导下,定期发展横向根,这些脉冲建立了前分支部位. 植物中的这种周期机制与动物中发现的分子钟有相似之处.
科学领域:
- 植物发育生物学植物发育生物学
- 分子遗传学 分子遗传学
- 根部发展 根部发展
背景情况:
- 植物和动物表现出模块化发育单元的周期性生产.
- 植物中侧向根的形成周期性地沿着主要根轴发生,但潜在的机制仍然不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 研究调节植物周期性横向根形成的分子机制.
- 识别基因和参与建立前分支部位和根周期性的调节过程.
主要方法:
- 利用一个记者基因可视化未来横向根部的循环表达脉冲.
- 进行了微阵列和促进剂-露西法酶测试,以确定根尖中的振荡基因.
- 进行遗传研究以评估转录调节器在发育周期性中的作用.
主要成果:
- 记者基因的循环表达脉冲标记了前分支部位,在横向根形成之前.
- 枝前部位的生产和根曲都表现出周期性.
- 确定了两组基因在根尖处以相反的相位振荡.
- 发现特定的振荡转录调节器对于发育过程的周期性至关重要.
结论:
- 一种涉及振荡基因表达的分子机制调节了植物周期性侧向根的发育.
- 这种机制建立了前枝部位,并影响了根曲的周期性.
- 鉴定到的类似分子钟的特征表明,在整个王国的发育周期性中保留了原则.
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