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Arabidopsis JANUS Regulates Embryonic Pattern Formation through Pol II-Mediated Transcription of WOX2 and PIN7.

Feng Xiong, Hai-Hong Liu, Cun-Ying Duan, Bi-Ke Zhang, Guo Wei, Yan Zhang, Sha Li

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Article in iScience, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Feng XiongState Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China.
Hai-Hong LiuState Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China.
Cun-Ying DuanState Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China.
Bi-Ke ZhangState Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China.
Guo WeiState Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China.
Yan ZhangState Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China.
Sha LiState Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China; Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China. Electronic address: shali@sdau.edu.cn.
Shandong Agricultural University · CNNankai University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Embryonic pattern formation relies on positional coordination of cell division and specification. Early axis formation during Arabidopsis embryogenesis requires WUSCHEL RELATED HOMEOBOX (WOX)-mediated transcription activation and PIN-FORMED7 (PIN7)-mediated auxin asymmetry. How these events are regulated is obscure. We report that Arabidopsis JANUS, a putative subunit of spliceosome, is essential for embryonic pattern formation. Significantly reduced transcription but not mRNA processing of WOX2 and PIN7 in janus suggested its role in transcriptional regulation. JANUS interacts with RNA polymerase II (Pol II) through a region outside of its spliceosome-association domain. We further show that Pol II mediates the transcription of WOX2 and PIN7 in a JANUS-dependent way and is essential for embryonic pattern formation. These findings reveal that JANUS recruits Pol II for the activation of two parallel pathways to ensure proper pattern formation during embryogenesis.

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