Epidermal cell-patterning genes of the stem parasitic plant Cuscuta campestris are involved in the development of holdfasts.

ABSTRACT: Cuscuta campestris, a stem parasitic plant, commences its parasitic behavior by forming a specialized disk-like adhesive structure called a holdfast, which facilitates tight adhesion to the stem surface of the host plant. The morphology of epidermal cells in the holdfast is similar to that of the leaf trichome and root hairs of dicotyledonous plants. However, the regulatory network underlying the development of the holdfast has not been elucidated to date. In this study, we assessed the roles of epidermal cell-patterning genes in the development of a holdfast. Epidermal cell-patterning genes of C. campestris, including CcWER, CcGL3, CcTTG1, CcGL2, and CcJKD, were expressed slightly before the initiation of the outgrowth of stem epidermal cel

SUBMITTER: Sultana S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8215460 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature