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ArticleThe New phytologist2014

DELLA activity is required for successful pollen development in the Columbia ecotype of Arabidopsis.

Andrew R G Plackett, Alison C Ferguson, Stephen J Powers, Aakriti Wanchoo-Kohli, Andrew L Phillips, Zoe A Wilson, Peter Hedden, Stephen G Thomas

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Article in The New phytologist, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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40citing papers in PubMed
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40 citing papers in PubMed, 86 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. GIGANTEA gates gibberellin signaling through stabilization of the DELLA proteins inProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2019
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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Andrew R G PlackettPlant Biology and Crop Science Department, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, UK.
Alison C FergusonSchool of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE12 5RD, UK.
Stephen J PowersBiomathematics and Bioinformatics Department, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, UK.
Aakriti Wanchoo-KohliPlant Biology and Crop Science Department, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, UK.
Andrew L PhillipsPlant Biology and Crop Science Department, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, UK.
Zoe A WilsonSchool of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE12 5RD, UK.
Peter HeddenPlant Biology and Crop Science Department, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, UK.
Stephen G ThomasPlant Biology and Crop Science Department, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, UK.
Rothamsted Research · GBLoughborough University · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/E006922/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/E022618/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/J001295/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/C/00004162Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/C/00004951Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council P16508
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Excessive gibberellin (GA) signalling, mediated through the DELLA proteins, has a negative impact on plant fertility. Loss of DELLA activity in the monocot rice (Oryza sativa) causes complete male sterility, but not in the dicot model Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) ecotype Landsberg erecta (Ler), in which DELLA function has been studied most extensively, leading to the assumption that DELLA activity is not essential for Arabidopsis pollen development. A novel DELLA fertility phenotype was identified in the Columbia (Col-0) ecotype that necessitates re-evaluation of the general conclusions drawn from Ler. Fertility phenotypes were compared between the Col-0 and Ler ecotypes under conditions of chemical and genetic GA overdose, including mutants in both ecotypes lacking the DELLA paralogues REPRESSOR OF ga1-3 (RGA) and GA INSENSITIVE (GAI). Ler displays a less severe fertility phenotype than Col-0 under GA treatment. Col-0 rga gai mutants, in contrast with the equivalent Ler phenotype, were entirely male sterile, caused by post-meiotic defects in pollen development, which were rescued by the reintroduction of DELLA into either the tapetum or developing pollen. We conclude that DELLA activity is essential for Arabidopsis pollen development. Differences between the fertility responses of Col-0 and Ler might be caused by differences in downstream signalling pathways or altered DELLA expression.

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EcotypeArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsGenetic Complementation TestMeiosisMutationPlant InfertilityPollenRepressor ProteinsArabidopsis ProteinsGAI protein, ArabidopsisRepressor ProteinsRGA protein, ArabidopsisArabidopsis thalianaCol-0DELLAecotypic differencesgibberellinLermale sterilitypollen development

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PMID24400898
PMCPMC4291109
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