The CRC orthologue from Pisum sativum shows conserved functions in carpel morphogenesis and vascular development.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

CRABS CLAW (CRC) is a member of the YABBY family of transcription factors involved in carpel morphogenesis, floral determinacy and nectary specification in arabidopsis. CRC orthologues have been functionally characterized across angiosperms, revealing additional roles in leaf vascular development and carpel identity specification in Poaceae. These studies support an ancestral role of CRC orthologues in carpel development, while roles in vascular development and nectary specification appear to be derived. This study aimed to expand research on CRC functional conservation to the legume family in order to better understand the evolutionary history of CRC orthologues in angiosperms.

Methods

CRC orthologues from Pisum sativum and Medicago truncatula were ident

SUBMITTER: Fourquin C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4204785 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature