EjFRI, FRIGIDA (FRI) Ortholog from Eriobotrya japonica, Delays Flowering in Arabidopsis.

ABSTRACT: In the model species Arabidopsis thaliana, FRIGIDA (FRI) is a key regulator of flowering time and can inhibit flowering without vernalization. However, little information is available on the function in the Rosaceae family. Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) belongs to the family Rosaceae and is a distinctive species, in which flowering can be induced without vernalization, followed by blooming in late-autumn or winter. To investigate the functional roles of FRI orthologs in this non-vernalization species, we isolated an FRI ortholog, dubbed as EjFRI, from loquat. Analyses of the phylogenetic tree and protein sequence alignment showed that EjFRI is assigned to eurosids I FRI lineage. Expression analysis revealed that the highest expression level o

SUBMITTER: Chen W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7038142 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature