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ArticleThe Plant cell2008

Potential sites of bioactive gibberellin production during reproductive growth in Arabidopsis.

Jianhong Hu, Melissa G Mitchum, Neel Barnaby, Belay T Ayele, Mikihiro Ogawa, Edward Nam, Wei-Chu Lai, Atsushi Hanada, Jose M Alonso, Joseph R Ecker and 4 more

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Article in The Plant cell, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 115 papers.

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115citing papers in PubMed
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115 citing papers in PubMed, 254 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Jianhong HuDepartment of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.
Melissa G Mitchum
Neel Barnaby
Belay T Ayele
Mikihiro Ogawa
Edward Nam
Wei-Chu Lai
Atsushi Hanada
Jose M Alonso
Joseph R Ecker
Stephen M Swain
Shinjiro Yamaguchi
Yuji Kamiya
Tai-Ping Sun
Duke University · USRIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science · JPCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation · AUSalk Institute for Biological Studies · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gibberellin 3-oxidase (GA3ox) catalyzes the final step in the synthesis of bioactive gibberellins (GAs). We examined the expression patterns of all four GA3ox genes in Arabidopsis thaliana by promoter-beta-glucuronidase gene fusions and by quantitative RT-PCR and defined their physiological roles by characterizing single, double, and triple mutants. In developing flowers, GA3ox genes are only expressed in stamen filaments, anthers, and flower receptacles. Mutant plants that lack both GA3ox1 and GA3ox3 functions displayed stamen and petal defects, indicating that these two genes are important for GA production in the flower. Our data suggest that de novo synthesis of active GAs is necessary for stamen development in early flowers and that bioactive GAs made in the stamens and/or flower receptacles are transported to petals to promote their growth. In developing siliques, GA3ox1 is mainly expressed in the replums, funiculi, and the silique receptacles, whereas the other GA3ox genes are only expressed in developing seeds. Active GAs appear to be transported from the seed endosperm to the surrounding maternal tissues where they promote growth. The immediate upregulation of GA3ox1 and GA3ox4 after anthesis suggests that pollination and/or fertilization is a prerequisite for de novo GA biosynthesis in fruit, which in turn promotes initial elongation of the silique.

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ArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsFlowersGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGene Expression Regulation, PlantGibberellinsMixed Function OxygenasesMutationPlants, Genetically ModifiedReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionSeedsArabidopsis Proteinsgibberellin 3beta-hydroxylaseGibberellinsMixed Function Oxygenases

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PMID18310462
PMCPMC2276448
OpenAlexW2133761506

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