Identification of Two Auxin-Regulated Potassium Transporters Involved in Seed Maturation.

ABSTRACT: The seed is the most important plant reproductive unit responsible for the evolutionary success of flowering plants. Aside from its essential function in the sexual reproduction of plants, the seed also represents the most economically important agricultural product worldwide, providing energy, nutrients, and raw materials for human nutrition, livestock feed, and countless manufactured goods. Hence, improvements in seed quality or size are highly valuable, due to their economic potential in agriculture. Recently, the importance of indolic compounds in regulating these traits has been reported for Arabidopsis thaliana. The transcriptional and physiological mechanisms involved, however, remain largely undisclosed. Potassium transporters have been suggested as possible mediators of emb

SUBMITTER: Tenorio-Berrio R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6073294 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature