Coordinate repression of regulators of embryonic identity by PICKLE during germination in Arabidopsis
Coordinate repression of regulators of embryonic identity by PICKLE during germination in Arabidopsis
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DOI:
10.1046/j.1365-313x.2003.01783.x
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发表时间:
2003-07-01
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7.2
通讯作者:
Ogas, J
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作者:
Rider, SD;Henderson, JT;Ogas, J
In angiosperms, germination represents an important developmental transition during which embryonic identity is repressed and vegetative identity emerges. PICKLE (PKL ) encodes a CHD3-chromatin-remodeling factor necessary for the repression of expression of LEAFY COTYLEDON1 (LEC1 ), a central regulator of embryogenesis. A candidate gene approach and microarray analysis identified nine additional genes that exhibit PKL -dependent repression of expression during germination. Transcripts for all three LEAFY COTYLEDON genes, LEC1 , LEC2 , and FUS3 , exhibit PKL -dependent repression, and all three transcripts are elevated more than 100-fold in pkl primary roots that inappropriately express embryonic traits (pickle roots). Three other genes that exhibit PKL -dependent regulation have expression patterns correlated with zygotic or somatic embryogenesis, and one gene encodes a putative Lin-11, Isl-1, MEC-3 (LIM) domain transcriptional regulator that is preferentially expressed in siliques. Genes that exhibit PKL -dependent repression during germination are not necessarily regulated by PKL at other points in development. Our data suggest that PKL selectively regulates a suite of genes during germination to repress embryonic identity. In particular, we propose that PKL acts as a master regulator of the LEAFY COTYLEDON genes, and that joint derepression of these genes is likely to contribute substantially to expression of embryonic identity in pkl seedlings.