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ArticlePlant, cell & environment2018

Circadian clock components control daily growth activities by modulating cytokinin levels and cell division-associated gene expression in Populus trees.

Kieron D Edwards, Naoki Takata, Mikael Johansson, Manuela Jurca, Ondřej Novák, Eva Hényková, Silvia Liverani, Iwanka Kozarewa, Miroslav Strnad, Andrew J Millar and 2 more

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Article in Plant, cell & environment, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.

Kieron D EdwardsSchool of Biological Sciences, C.H. Waddington Building, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF, UK.
Naoki TakataDepartment of Plant Physiology, Umeå Plant Science Centre, Umeå University, 901 87, Umeå, Sweden.
Mikael JohanssonDepartment of Plant Physiology, Umeå Plant Science Centre, Umeå University, 901 87, Umeå, Sweden.
Manuela JurcaDepartment of Plant Physiology, Umeå Plant Science Centre, Umeå University, 901 87, Umeå, Sweden.
Ondřej NovákLaboratory of Growth Regulators, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany ASCR and Palacký University, 783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Eva HénykováLaboratory of Growth Regulators, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany ASCR and Palacký University, 783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Silvia LiveraniDepartment of Statistics, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK.
Iwanka KozarewaDepartment of Plant Physiology, Umeå Plant Science Centre, Umeå University, 901 87, Umeå, Sweden.
Miroslav StrnadLaboratory of Growth Regulators, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany ASCR and Palacký University, 783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Andrew J MillarSchool of Biological Sciences, C.H. Waddington Building, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1756-3654
Karin LjungDepartment of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Umeå Plant Science Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 901 83, Umeå, Sweden.
Maria E ErikssonDepartment of Plant Physiology, Umeå Plant Science Centre, Umeå University, 901 87, Umeå, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-2038-4892
Umeå Plant Science Centre · SECzech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Experimental Botany · CZSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences · SEUniversity of Edinburgh · GBBielefeld University · DEUniversity of Warwick · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/D019621/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council G19886Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council G19886/2
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Trees are carbon dioxide sinks and major producers of terrestrial biomass with distinct seasonal growth patterns. Circadian clocks enable the coordination of physiological and biochemical temporal activities, optimally regulating multiple traits including growth. To dissect the clock's role in growth, we analysed Populus tremula × P. tremuloides trees with impaired clock function due to down-regulation of central clock components. late elongated hypocotyl (lhy-10) trees, in which expression of LHY1 and LHY2 is reduced by RNAi, have a short free-running period and show disrupted temporal regulation of gene expression and reduced growth, producing 30-40% less biomass than wild-type trees. Genes important in growth regulation were expressed with an earlier phase in lhy-10, and CYCLIN D3 expression was misaligned and arrhythmic. Levels of cytokinins were lower in lhy-10 trees, which also showed a change in the time of peak expression of genes associated with cell division and growth. However, auxin levels were not altered in lhy-10 trees, and the size of the lignification zone in the stem showed a relative increase. The reduced growth rate and anatomical features of lhy-10 trees were mainly caused by misregulation of cell division, which may have resulted from impaired clock function.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, PlantBiomassCambiumCell DivisionCircadian ClocksCytokininsIndoleacetic AcidsLigninMetabolomeMetabolomicsMutationPlant ProteinsPlants, Genetically ModifiedPopulusProtein BindingRNA InterferenceCytokininsIndoleacetic AcidsLigninPlant Proteinsbiomass productioncell divisioncircadian clockcytokiningrowthlignificationphotoperiod

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PMID29520862
PMCPMC6001645
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