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ArticleJournal of experimental botany2014

Large-scale screening of transcription factor-promoter interactions in spruce reveals a transcriptional network involved in vascular development.

Isabelle Duval, Denis Lachance, Isabelle Giguère, Claude Bomal, Marie-Josée Morency, Gervais Pelletier, Brian Boyle, John J MacKay, Armand Séguin

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Article in Journal of experimental botany, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Isabelle DuvalNatural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre, Québec, QC, G1V 4C7, Canada.
Denis LachanceNatural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre, Québec, QC, G1V 4C7, Canada.
Isabelle GiguèreCentre d'Étude de la Forêt, Université Laval, Québec, QC, G1V A06, Canada.
Claude BomalCentre d'Étude de la Forêt, Université Laval, Québec, QC, G1V A06, Canada.
Marie-Josée MorencyNatural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre, Québec, QC, G1V 4C7, Canada.
Gervais PelletierNatural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre, Québec, QC, G1V 4C7, Canada.
Brian BoyleCentre d'Étude de la Forêt, Université Laval, Québec, QC, G1V A06, Canada.
John J MacKayCentre d'Étude de la Forêt, Université Laval, Québec, QC, G1V A06, Canada Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 2RB, UK.
Armand SéguinNatural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre, Québec, QC, G1V 4C7, Canada armand.seguin@nrcan.gc.ca.
Canadian Forest Service · CAUniversité Laval · CANatural Resources Canada · CAUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This research aimed to investigate the role of diverse transcription factors (TFs) and to delineate gene regulatory networks directly in conifers at a relatively high-throughput level. The approach integrated sequence analyses, transcript profiling, and development of a conifer-specific activation assay. Transcript accumulation profiles of 102 TFs and potential target genes were clustered to identify groups of coordinately expressed genes. Several different patterns of transcript accumulation were observed by profiling in nine different organs and tissues: 27 genes were preferential to secondary xylem both in stems and roots, and other genes were preferential to phelloderm and periderm or were more ubiquitous. A robust system has been established as a screening approach to define which TFs have the ability to regulate a given promoter in planta. Trans-activation or repression effects were observed in 30% of TF-candidate gene promoter combinations. As a proof of concept, phylogenetic analysis and expression and trans-activation data were used to demonstrate that two spruce NAC-domain proteins most likely play key roles in secondary vascular growth as observed in other plant species. This study tested many TFs from diverse families in a conifer tree species, which broadens the knowledge of promoter-TF interactions in wood development and enables comparisons of gene regulatory networks found in angiosperms and gymnosperms.

Indexed as

Gene Regulatory NetworksPromoter Regions, GeneticGene Expression Regulation, PlantPiceaPlant ProteinsProtein BindingTranscription FactorsXylemPlant ProteinsTranscription FactorsConiferexpression patternPicea glaucasecondary cell wallsomatic embryogenesistrans-activation assaytranscription factorxylem.

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PMID24713992
PMCPMC4036505
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