Epistatic Transcription Factor Networks Differentially Modulate Arabidopsis Growth and Defense.

ABSTRACT: Plants integrate internal and external signals to finely coordinate growth and defense for maximal fitness within a complex environment. A common model suggests that growth and defense show a trade-offs relationship driven by energy costs. However, recent studies suggest that the coordination of growth and defense likely involves more conditional and intricate connections than implied by the trade-off model. To explore how a transcription factor (TF) network may coordinate growth and defense, we used a high-throughput phenotyping approach to measure growth and flowering in a set of single and pairwise mutants previously linked to the aliphatic glucosinolate (GLS) defense pathway. Supporting a link between growth and defense, 17 of the 20 tested defense-associated TFs significantly influenc

SUBMITTER: Li B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7017016 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature