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The homeotic protein AGAMOUS controls microsporogenesis by regulation of SPOROCYTELESS

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  • Toshiro Ito

    (California Institute of Technology)

  • Frank Wellmer

    (California Institute of Technology)

  • Hao Yu

    (California Institute of Technology
    National University of Singapore)

  • Pradeep Das

    (California Institute of Technology)

  • Natsuko Ito

    (California Institute of Technology)

  • Márcio Alves-Ferreira

    (California Institute of Technology
    Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)

  • José Luis Riechmann

    (California Institute of Technology)

  • Elliot M. Meyerowitz

    (California Institute of Technology)

Abstract

The Arabidopsis homeotic gene AGAMOUS (AG) is necessary for the specification of reproductive organs (stamens and carpels) during the early steps of flower development1,2,3. AG encodes a transcription factor of the MADS-box family that is expressed in stamen and carpel primordia. At later stages of development, AG is expressed in distinct regions of the reproductive organs2,3,4,5. This suggests that AG might function during the maturation of stamens and carpels, as well as in their early development. However, the developmental processes that AG might control during organogenesis and the genes that are regulated by this factor are largely unknown. Here we show that microsporogenesis, the process leading to pollen formation, is induced by AG through activation of the SPOROCYTELESS gene (SPL, also known as NOZZLE,NZZ), a regulator of sporogenesis6,7. Furthermore, we demonstrate that SPL can induce microsporogenesis in the absence of AG function, suggesting that AG controls a specific process during organogenesis by activating another regulator that performs a subset of its functions.

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  • Toshiro Ito & Frank Wellmer & Hao Yu & Pradeep Das & Natsuko Ito & Márcio Alves-Ferreira & José Luis Riechmann & Elliot M. Meyerowitz, 2004. "The homeotic protein AGAMOUS controls microsporogenesis by regulation of SPOROCYTELESS," Nature, Nature, vol. 430(6997), pages 356-360, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:430:y:2004:i:6997:d:10.1038_nature02733
    DOI: 10.1038/nature02733
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    1. Mitchell P Levesque & Teva Vernoux & Wolfgang Busch & Hongchang Cui & Jean Y Wang & Ikram Blilou & Hala Hassan & Keiji Nakajima & Noritaka Matsumoto & Jan U Lohmann & Ben Scheres & Philip N Benfey, 2006. "Whole-Genome Analysis of the SHORT-ROOT Developmental Pathway in Arabidopsis," PLOS Biology, Public Library of Science, vol. 4(5), pages 1-1, May.

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