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ArticleNature communications2015

Cytokinin response factors regulate PIN-FORMED auxin transporters.

Mária Šimášková, José Antonio O'Brien, Mamoona Khan, Giel Van Noorden, Krisztina Ötvös, Anne Vieten, Inge De Clercq, Johanna Maria Adriana Van Haperen, Candela Cuesta, Klára Hoyerová and 10 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 72 papers.

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72citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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72 citing papers in PubMed, 142 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors at 6 institutions in 6 countries.

Mária ŠimáškováDepartment of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Gent, Belgium.
José Antonio O'BrienDepartment of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Gent, Belgium.
Mamoona KhanInstitute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria), Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria.
Giel Van NoordenDepartment of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Gent, Belgium.
Krisztina ÖtvösInstitute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria), Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria.
Anne VietenDepartment of Developmental Genetics, Centre for Molecular Biology of Plants, University Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 3, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
Inge De ClercqDepartment of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Gent, Belgium.
Johanna Maria Adriana Van HaperenLaboratory of Biochemistry, Wageningen University, Dreijenlaan 3, 6703HA Wageningen, the Netherlands.
Candela CuestaInstitute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria), Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria.
Klára HoyerováInstitute of Experimental Botany, ASCR, Rozvojová 263, 16502 Prague, Czech Republic.
Steffen VannesteDepartment of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Gent, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9948-9672
Peter MarhavýInstitute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria), Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria.
Krzysztof WabnikInstitute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria), Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria.
Frank Van BreusegemDepartment of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Gent, Belgium.
Moritz NowackDepartment of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Gent, Belgium.
Angus MurphyDepartment of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA.
Jiří FrimlInstitute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria), Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria.
Dolf WeijersLaboratory of Biochemistry, Wageningen University, Dreijenlaan 3, 6703HA Wageningen, the Netherlands.
Tom BeeckmanDepartment of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Gent, Belgium.
Eva BenkováInstitute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria), Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria.
Ghent University · BEInstitute of Science and Technology Austria · ATWageningen University & Research · NLCzech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Experimental Botany · CZUniversity of Maryland, College Park · USUniversity of Tübingen · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Auxin and cytokinin are key endogenous regulators of plant development. Although cytokinin-mediated modulation of auxin distribution is a developmentally crucial hormonal interaction, its molecular basis is largely unknown. Here we show a direct regulatory link between cytokinin signalling and the auxin transport machinery uncovering a mechanistic framework for cytokinin-auxin cross-talk. We show that the CYTOKININ RESPONSE FACTORS (CRFs), transcription factors downstream of cytokinin perception, transcriptionally control genes encoding PIN-FORMED (PIN) auxin transporters at a specific PIN CYTOKININ RESPONSE ELEMENT (PCRE) domain. Removal of this cis-regulatory element effectively uncouples PIN transcription from the CRF-mediated cytokinin regulation and attenuates plant cytokinin sensitivity. We propose that CRFs represent a missing cross-talk component that fine-tunes auxin transport capacity downstream of cytokinin signalling to control plant development.

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ArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsChromatin ImmunoprecipitationCytokininsGene Expression Regulation, PlantGreen Fluorescent ProteinsIndoleacetic AcidsMembrane Transport ProteinsMicroscopy, ConfocalPlant RootsPlants, Genetically ModifiedReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionResponse ElementsSignal TransductionTranscription FactorsArabidopsis ProteinsCRF3 protein, ArabidopsisCRF6 protein, ArabidopsisCytokininsGreen Fluorescent ProteinsIndoleacetic AcidsMembrane Transport ProteinsPIN1 protein, ArabidopsisPIN7 protein, ArabidopsisTranscription Factors

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PMID26541513
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