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ArticleJournal of experimental botany2014

The Arabidopsis transcription factor IIB-related protein BRP4 is involved in the regulation of mitotic cell-cycle progression during male gametogenesis.

Zhixiang Qin, Xiaoran Zhang, Xiao Zhang, Wei Xin, Jia Li, Yuxin Hu

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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 9 papers.

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Zhixiang QinKey Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, PR China.
Xiaoran ZhangKey Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, PR China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China.
Xiao ZhangKey Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, PR China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China.
Wei XinKey Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, PR China.
Jia LiKey Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, PR China.
Yuxin HuKey Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, PR China National Center for Plant Gene Research, Beijing, PR China huyuxin@ibcas.ac.cn.
Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNInstitute of Botany · CNNational Center for Gene Research · CNUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Male gametogenesis in angiosperms involves two rounds of mitosis that are essential for the generation of two sperm cells to achieve double fertilization, a distinct event in the sexual reproduction of flowering plants. Precise regulation of mitosis during male gametogenesis is critically important for the establishment of the male germline. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying mitotic division during male gametophyte development have not been characterized fully. Here, we report that the Arabidopsis transcription initiation factor TFIIB-related protein BRP4 is involved in the regulation of mitotic cell-cycle progression during male gametogenesis. BRP4 was expressed predominately in developing male gametophytes. Knockdown expression of BRP4 by a native promoter-driven RNA interference construct in Arabidopsis resulted in arrest of the mitotic progression of male gametophytes, leading to a defect in pollen development. Moreover, we showed that the level of expression of a gene encoding a subunit of the origin recognition complex, ORC6, was decreased in BRP4 knockdown plants, and that the ORC6 knockdown transgenic plants phenocopied the male gametophyte defect observed in BRP4 knockdown plants, suggesting that ORC6 acts downstream of BRP4 to mediate male mitotic progression. Taken together, our results reveal that BRP4 plays an important role in the regulation of mitotic cell-cycle progression during male gametogenesis.

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Gametogenesis, PlantMitosisArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, PlantOrigin Recognition ComplexPollenTranscription FactorsTranscription Factors, TFIIArabidopsis ProteinsBRP4 protein, ArabidopsisOrigin Recognition Complextranscription factor IIB-related protein, ArabidopsisTranscription FactorsTranscription Factors, TFIIArabidopsisBRP4male gametogenesismitosisORC6TFIIB-related protein.

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PMID24723406
PMCPMC4036515
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