The genetic interaction of REVOLUTA and WRKY53 links plant development, senescence, and immune responses.

ABSTRACT: In annual plants, tight coordination of successive developmental events is of primary importance to optimize performance under fluctuating environmental conditions. The recent finding of the genetic interaction of WRKY53, a key senescence-related gene with REVOLUTA, a master regulator of early leaf patterning, raises the question of how early and late developmental events are connected. Here, we investigated the developmental and metabolic consequences of an alteration of the REVOLUTA and WRKY53 gene expression, from seedling to fruiting. Our results show that REVOLUTA critically controls late developmental phases and reproduction while inversely WRKY53 determines vegetative growth at early developmental stages. We further show that these regulators of distinct developmental phases frequen

SUBMITTER: Bresson J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8956159 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature