{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["120(48)"],"submitter":["Su C"],"pubmed_abstract":["Due to their long lifespan, trees and bushes develop higher order of branches in a perennial manner. In contrast to a tall tree, with a clearly defined main stem and branching order, a bush is shorter and has a less apparent main stem and branching pattern. To address the developmental basis of these two forms, we studied several naturally occurring architectural variants in silver birch (<i>Betula pendula</i>). Using a candidate gene approach, we identified a bushy <i>kanttarelli</i> variant with a loss-of-function mutation in the <i>BpMAX1</i> gene required for strigolactone (SL) biosynthesis. While <i>kanttarelli</i> is shorter than the wild type (WT), it has the same number of primary branches, whereas the number of secondary branches is increased, contributing to its bush-like phenoty"],"journal":["Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America"],"pagination":["e2308587120"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10691325"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Tree architecture: A strigolactone-deficient mutant reveals a connection between branching order and auxin gradient along the tree stem."],"pmcid":["PMC10691325"],"pubmed_authors":["Helariutta Y","Pencik A","Venegas MP","Su C","Fernie AR","Nieminen K","Immanen J","Safronov O","Himanen K","Alonso-Serra J","Topcu MK","Shi X","Ward S","Raumonen P","Mahonen AP","Hagqvist R","Leyser O","Ljung K","Xie X","Kokosza A","Novak O","Salojarvi J","Zhang Y","Eswaran G","Muranen S","Palubicki W"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Tree architecture: A strigolactone-deficient mutant reveals a connection between branching order and auxin gradient along the tree stem.","description":"Due to their long lifespan, trees and bushes develop higher order of branches in a perennial manner. In contrast to a tall tree, with a clearly defined main stem and branching order, a bush is shorter and has a less apparent main stem and branching pattern. To address the developmental basis of these two forms, we studied several naturally occurring architectural variants in silver birch (<i>Betula pendula</i>). Using a candidate gene approach, we identified a bushy <i>kanttarelli</i> variant with a loss-of-function mutation in the <i>BpMAX1</i> gene required for strigolactone (SL) biosynthesis. While <i>kanttarelli</i> is shorter than the wild type (WT), it has the same number of primary branches, whereas the number of secondary branches is increased, contributing to its bush-like phenoty","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023 Nov","modification":"2025-05-18T10:37:45.586Z","creation":"2025-05-18T10:37:45.586Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC10691325","cross_references":{"pubmed":["37991945"],"doi":["10.1073/pnas.2308587120"]}}