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ArticleNature communications2024

Core clock genes adjust growth cessation time to day-night switches in poplar.

Daniel Alique, Arturo Redondo López, Nahuel González Schain, Isabel Allona, Krzysztof Wabnik, Mariano Perales

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
8.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Genetic control of seasonal meristem arrest in trees.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  6. Molecular advances in bud dormancy in trees.Journal of experimental botany · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Daniel AliqueCentro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas (CBGP, UPM-INIA) Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) - Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA, CSIC), Campus de Montegancedo, Pozuelo de Alarcón, 28223, Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-7869-9411
Arturo Redondo LópezCentro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas (CBGP, UPM-INIA) Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) - Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA, CSIC), Campus de Montegancedo, Pozuelo de Alarcón, 28223, Madrid, Spain.
Nahuel González SchainCentro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas (CBGP, UPM-INIA) Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) - Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA, CSIC), Campus de Montegancedo, Pozuelo de Alarcón, 28223, Madrid, Spain.
Isabel AllonaCentro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas (CBGP, UPM-INIA) Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) - Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA, CSIC), Campus de Montegancedo, Pozuelo de Alarcón, 28223, Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-7012-2850
Krzysztof WabnikCentro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas (CBGP, UPM-INIA) Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) - Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA, CSIC), Campus de Montegancedo, Pozuelo de Alarcón, 28223, Madrid, Spain. k.wabnik@upm.es.ORCID 0000-0001-7263-0560
Mariano PeralesCentro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas (CBGP, UPM-INIA) Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) - Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA, CSIC), Campus de Montegancedo, Pozuelo de Alarcón, 28223, Madrid, Spain. mariano.perales@upm.es.ORCID 0000-0002-7351-8439
Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria · ESConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas · AR

Funding

Comunidad de Madrid 2021-5A/BIO-20952
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Poplar trees use photoperiod as a precise seasonal indicator, synchronizing plant phenology with the environment. Daylength cue determines FLOWERING LOCUS T 2 (FT2) daily expression, crucial for shoot apex development and establishment of the annual growing period. However, limited evidence exists for the molecular factors controlling FT2 transcription and the conservation with the photoperiodic control of Arabidopsis flowering. We demonstrate that FT2 expression mediates growth cessation response quantitatively, and we provide a minimal data-driven model linking core clock genes to FT2 daily levels. GIGANTEA (GI) emerges as a critical inducer of the FT2 activation window, time-bound by TIMING OF CAB EXPRESSION (TOC1) and LATE ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL (LHY2) repressions. CRISPR/Cas9 loss-of-function lines validate these roles, identifying TOC1 as a long-sought FT2 repressor. Additionally, model simulations predict that FT2 downregulation upon daylength shortening results from a progressive narrowing of this activation window, driven by the phase shift observed in the preceding clock genes. This circadian-mediated mechanism enables poplar to exploit FT2 levels as an accurate daylength-meter.

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ArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsPopulusCircadian RhythmFlowersGene Expression Regulation, PlantHypocotylPhotoperiodArabidopsis Proteins

Identifiers

PMID38413620
PMCPMC10899572
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