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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2017

Abscisic acid signaling is controlled by a BRANCHED1/HD-ZIP I cascade in Arabidopsis axillary buds.

Eduardo González-Grandío, Alice Pajoro, José M Franco-Zorrilla, Carlos Tarancón, Richard G H Immink, Pilar Cubas

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 166 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Eduardo González-GrandíoDepartment of Plant Molecular Genetics, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología/Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Campus Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
Alice PajoroBioscience, Wageningen Plant Research, Wageningen University and Research, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands.
José M Franco-ZorrillaGenomics Unit, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología/Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Campus Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
Carlos TarancónDepartment of Plant Molecular Genetics, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología/Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Campus Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
Richard G H ImminkBioscience, Wageningen Plant Research, Wageningen University and Research, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Pilar CubasDepartment of Plant Molecular Genetics, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología/Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Campus Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain; pcubas@cnb.csic.es.ORCID 0000-0003-4679-2173
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas · ESWageningen University & Research · NL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Shoot-branching patterns determine key aspects of plant life and are important targets for crop breeding. However, we are still largely ignorant of the genetic networks controlling locally the most important decision during branch development: whether the axillary bud, or branch primordium, grows out to give a lateral shoot or remains dormant. Here we show that, inside the buds, the TEOSINTE BRANCHED1, CYCLOIDEA, PCF (TCP) transcription factor BRANCHED1 (BRC1) binds to and positively regulates the transcription of three related Homeodomain leucine zipper protein (HD-ZIP)-encoding genes: HOMEOBOX PROTEIN 21 (HB21), HOMEOBOX PROTEIN 40 (HB40), and HOMEOBOX PROTEIN 53 (HB53). These three genes, together with BRC1, enhance 9-CIS-EPOXICAROTENOID DIOXIGENASE 3 (NCED3) expression, lead to abscisic acid accumulation, and trigger hormone response, thus causing suppression of bud development. This TCP/HD-ZIP genetic module seems to be conserved in dicot and monocotyledonous species to prevent branching under light-limiting conditions.

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Abscisic AcidArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsDioxygenasesPlant ProteinsPlant ShootsSignal TransductionTranscription Factors9-cis-epoxy-carotenoid dioxygenaseAbscisic AcidArabidopsis ProteinsBRC1 protein, ArabidopsisDioxygenasesHB1 protein, ArabidopsisPlant ProteinsTranscription Factorsabscisic acidArabidopsisbud dormancyHD-ZIP proteinsTCP proteins

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PMCPMC5240681
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