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ArticleThe Plant cell2007

The TORMOZ gene encodes a nucleolar protein required for regulated division planes and embryo development in Arabidopsis.

Megan E Griffith, Ulrike Mayer, Arnaud Capron, Quy A Ngo, Anandkumar Surendrarao, Regina McClinton, Gerd Jürgens, Venkatesan Sundaresan

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Article in The Plant cell, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Megan E GriffithInstitute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore 138673, Republic of Singapore.
Ulrike Mayer
Arnaud Capron
Quy A Ngo
Anandkumar Surendrarao
Regina McClinton
Gerd Jürgens
Venkatesan Sundaresan
University of California, Davis · USUniversity of Tübingen · DEAgriculture Victoria · AUGrand Valley State University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Embryogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana is marked by a predictable sequence of oriented cell divisions, which precede cell fate determination. We show that mutation of the TORMOZ (TOZ) gene yields embryos with aberrant cell division planes and arrested embryos that appear not to have established normal patterning. The defects in toz mutants differ from previously described mutations that affect embryonic cell division patterns. Longitudinal division planes of the proembryo are frequently replaced by transverse divisions and less frequently by oblique divisions, while divisions of the suspensor cells, which divide only transversely, appear generally unaffected. Expression patterns of selected embryo patterning genes are altered in the mutant embryos, implying that the positional cues required for their proper expression are perturbed by the misoriented divisions. The TOZ gene encodes a nucleolar protein containing WD repeats. Putative TOZ orthologs exist in other eukaryotes including Saccharomyces cerevisiae, where the protein is predicted to function in 18S rRNA biogenesis. We find that disruption of the Sp TOZ gene results in cell division defects in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Previous studies in yeast and animal cells have identified nucleolar proteins that regulate the exit from M phase and cytokinesis, including factors involved in pre-rRNA processing. Our study suggests that in plant cells, nucleolar functions might interact with the processes of regulated cell divisions and influence the selection of longitudinal division planes during embryogenesis.

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Cell DivisionEmbryonic DevelopmentGenes, PlantAmino Acid SequenceArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsBody PatterningCell NucleolusConserved SequenceGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGene Expression Regulation, PlantMolecular Sequence DataMutationNuclear ProteinsPhenotypeProtein TransportArabidopsis ProteinsNuclear ProteinsTORMOZ protein, Arabidopsis

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PMID17616738
PMCPMC1955705
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