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ArticleNature communications2018

Architecture of gene regulatory networks controlling flower development in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Dijun Chen, Wenhao Yan, Liang-Yu Fu, Kerstin Kaufmann

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Article in Nature communications, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 106 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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106citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

106 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 200 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dijun ChenInstitute for Biology, Plant Cell and Molecular Biology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10115, Berlin, Germany. chendijun2012@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7456-2511
Wenhao YanInstitute for Biology, Plant Cell and Molecular Biology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10115, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8165-7335
Liang-Yu FuInstitute for Biology, Plant Cell and Molecular Biology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10115, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0017-118X
Kerstin KaufmannInstitute for Biology, Plant Cell and Molecular Biology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10115, Berlin, Germany. kerstin.kaufmann@hu-berlin.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7960-6256
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Floral homeotic transcription factors (TFs) act in a combinatorial manner to specify the organ identities in the flower. However, the architecture and the function of the gene regulatory network (GRN) controlling floral organ specification is still poorly understood. In particular, the interconnections of homeotic TFs, microRNAs (miRNAs) and other factors controlling organ initiation and growth have not been studied systematically so far. Here, using a combination of genome-wide TF binding, mRNA and miRNA expression data, we reconstruct the dynamic GRN controlling floral meristem development and organ differentiation. We identify prevalent feed-forward loops (FFLs) mediated by floral homeotic TFs and miRNAs that regulate common targets. Experimental validation of a coherent FFL shows that petal size is controlled by the SEPALLATA3-regulated miR319/TCP4 module. We further show that combinatorial DNA-binding of homeotic factors and selected other TFs is predictive of organ-specific patterns of gene expression. Our results provide a valuable resource for studying molecular regulatory processes underlying floral organ specification in plants.

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Gene Regulatory NetworksArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsDNA, PlantFlowersGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGene Expression Regulation, PlantMicroRNAsOrgan SpecificityTranscription FactorsArabidopsis ProteinsDNA, PlantMicroRNAsTranscription Factors

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