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ArticlePlant physiology2009

The SPOROCYTELESS/NOZZLE gene is involved in controlling stamen identity in Arabidopsis.

Xiaodong Liu, Jian Huang, Sriram Parameswaran, Toshiro Ito, Brandon Seubert, Max Auer, Amy Rymaszewski, Gengxiang Jia, Heather A Owen, Dazhong Zhao

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Xiaodong LiuDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211, USA.
Jian Huang
Sriram Parameswaran
Toshiro Ito
Brandon Seubert
Max Auer
Amy Rymaszewski
Gengxiang Jia
Heather A Owen
Dazhong Zhao
Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory · SGUniversity of Wisconsin–Milwaukee · USNational University of Singapore · SG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The stamen, which consists of an anther and a filament, is the male reproductive organ in a flower. The specification of stamen identity in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) is controlled by a combination of the B genes APETALA3 (AP3) and PISTILLATA, the C gene AGAMOUS (AG), and the E genes SEPALLATA1 (SEP1) to SEP4. The "floral organ-building" gene SPOROCYTELESS/NOZZLE (SPL/NZZ) plays a central role in regulating anther cell differentiation. However, much less is known about how "floral organ identity" and floral organ-building genes interact to control floral organ development. In this study, we report that ectopic expression of SPL/NZZ not only affects flower development in the wild-type background but also leads to the transformation of petal-like organs into stamen-like organs in flowers of ap2-1, a weak ap2 mutant allele. Moreover, our loss-of-function analysis indicates that the spl/nzz mutant enhances the phenotype of the ag weak allele ag-4. Furthermore, ectopic expression and overexpression of SPL/NZZ altered expression of AG, SEP3, and AP2 in rosette leaves and flowers, while ectopic expression of SPL/NZZ resulted in ectopic expression of AG and SEP3 in the outer whorls of flowers. Our results indicate that the SPL/NZZ gene is engaged in controlling stamen identity via interacting with genes required for stamen identity in Arabidopsis.

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ArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsFlowersGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGene Expression Regulation, PlantGenes, PlantMutationNuclear ProteinsPlants, Genetically ModifiedRepressor ProteinsRNA, PlantArabidopsis ProteinsNuclear ProteinsRepressor ProteinsRNA, PlantSPL protein, Arabidopsis

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PMID19726570
PMCPMC2773108
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