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Gene expression during Arabidopsis flower maturation

ABSTRACT: Flower maturation consists of several events that contribute to reproductive success as flowers open, including petal expansion, stamen filament elongation, pollen release, nectary maturation, stigma growth, and gynoecium maturation to support pollen tube growth. The Arabidopsis transcription factors ARF6 (Auxin Response Factor 6) and ARF8 regulate all of these processes, in part by activating jasmonate biosynthesis. Jasmonates in turn activate genes encoding the transcription factors MYB21 and MYB24, which mediate a subset of the processes controlled by ARF6 and ARF8. This experiment was designed to characterize gene expression in flowers before and after they open, and to determine how arf6 arf8 and myb21 myb24 mutation combinations affect these gene expression patterns. Three biological replicates were prepared at each of two developmental stages, stage 12 (oldest closed buds) and stage 13 (youngest open flowers), for three genotypes (Wild type, arf6-2 arf8-3, and myb21-5 myb24-5). For the mutant genotypes, stage 13 flowers do not actually open, so corresponding flowers of equivalent age were chosen based on the position of open flowers in wild-type inflorescences.

ORGANISM(S): Arabidopsis thaliana

SUBMITTER: Jason Reed

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-32193 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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A regulatory network for coordinated flower maturation.

Reeves Paul H PH Ellis Christine M CM Ploense Sara E SE Wu Miin-Feng MF Yadav Vandana V Tholl Dorothea D Chételat Aurore A Haupt Ina I Kennerley Brian J BJ Hodgens Charles C Farmer Edward E EE Nagpal Punita P Reed Jason W JW

PLoS genetics 20120209 2

For self-pollinating plants to reproduce, male and female organ development must be coordinated as flowers mature. The Arabidopsis transcription factors AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR 6 (ARF6) and ARF8 regulate this complex process by promoting petal expansion, stamen filament elongation, anther dehiscence, and gynoecium maturation, thereby ensuring that pollen released from the anthers is deposited on the stigma of a receptive gynoecium. ARF6 and ARF8 induce jasmonate production, which in turn triggers ...[more]

PMID: 22346763

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