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ArticleDevelopment (Cambridge, England)2023

DELLA proteins positively regulate seed size in Arabidopsis.

Maria Dolores Gomez, Isabel Cored, Daniela Barro-Trastoy, Joaquin Sanchez-Matilla, Pablo Tornero, Miguel A Perez-Amador

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Article in Development (Cambridge, England), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maria Dolores GomezDepartment of Development and Hormonal Action in Plants, Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (UPV)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), CPI 8E, Ingeniero Fausto Elio s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-9445-2056
Isabel CoredDepartment of Development and Hormonal Action in Plants, Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (UPV)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), CPI 8E, Ingeniero Fausto Elio s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-9005-6646
Daniela Barro-TrastoyDepartment of Development and Hormonal Action in Plants, Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (UPV)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), CPI 8E, Ingeniero Fausto Elio s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-7069-4376
Joaquin Sanchez-MatillaDepartment of Development and Hormonal Action in Plants, Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (UPV)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), CPI 8E, Ingeniero Fausto Elio s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-0857-0978
Pablo TorneroDepartment of Development and Hormonal Action in Plants, Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (UPV)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), CPI 8E, Ingeniero Fausto Elio s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-9755-7726
Miguel A Perez-AmadorDepartment of Development and Hormonal Action in Plants, Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (UPV)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), CPI 8E, Ingeniero Fausto Elio s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-4518-3544
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas · ES

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human and animal nutrition is mainly based on seeds. Seed size is a key factor affecting seed yield and has thus been one of the primary objectives of plant breeders since the domestication of crop plants. Seed size is coordinately regulated by signals of maternal and zygotic tissues that control the growth of the seed coat, endosperm and embryo. Here, we provide previously unreported evidence for the role of DELLA proteins, key repressors of gibberellin responses, in the maternal control of seed size. The gain-of-function della mutant gai-1 produces larger seeds as a result of an increase in the cell number in ovule integuments. This leads to an increase in ovule size and, in turn, to an increase in seed size. Moreover, DELLA activity promotes increased seed size by inducing the transcriptional activation of AINTEGUMENTA, a genetic factor that controls cell proliferation and organ growth, in the ovule integuments of gai-1. Overall, our results indicate that DELLA proteins are involved in the control of seed size and suggest that modulation of the DELLA-dependent pathway could be used to improve crop yield.

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ArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, PlantGibberellinsHumansSeedsTranscription FactorsAINTEGUMENTA protein, ArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsGibberellinsTranscription FactorsArabidopsisDELLAGibberellinOvuleSeed

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