miR156-regulated SPL transcription factors define an endogenous flowering pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana. Export

@article{citeulike:5658472, abstract = {The FT gene integrates several external and endogenous cues controlling flowering, including information on day length. A complex of the mobile FT protein and the bZIP transcription factor FD in turn has a central role in activating genes that execute the switch from vegetative to reproductive development. Here we reveal that microRNA156-targeted SQUAMOSA PROMOTER BINDING PROTEIN-LIKE (SPL) genes not only act downstream of FT/FD, but also define a separate endogenous flowering pathway. High levels of miR156 in young plants prevent precocious flowering. A subsequent day length-independent decline in miR156 abundance provides a permissive environment for flowering and is paralleled by a rise in SPL levels. At the shoot apex, FT/FD and SPLs converge on an overlapping set of targets, with SPLs directly activating flower-promoting MADS box genes, providing a molecular substrate for both the redundant activities and the feed-forward action of the miR156/SPL and FT/FD modules in flowering control.}, author = {Wang, Jia-Wei W. and Czech, Benjamin and Weigel, Detlef}, citeulike-article-id = {5658472}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2009.06.014}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0092867409007132}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19703399}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19703399}, day = {21}, doi = {10.1016/j.cell.2009.06.014}, issn = {1097-4172}, journal = {Cell}, keywords = {dev, function, mirna, plant}, month = {August}, number = {4}, pages = {738--749}, posted-at = {2009-09-25 04:55:17}, priority = {2}, title = {miR156-regulated SPL transcription factors define an endogenous flowering pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2009.06.014}, volume = {138}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5658472 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5658472 N2 - The FT gene integrates several external and endogenous cues controlling flowering, including information on day length. A complex of the mobile FT protein and the bZIP transcription factor FD in turn has a central role in activating genes that execute the switch from vegetative to reproductive development. Here we reveal that microRNA156-targeted SQUAMOSA PROMOTER BINDING PROTEIN-LIKE (SPL) genes not only act downstream of FT/FD, but also define a separate endogenous flowering pathway. High levels of miR156 in young plants prevent precocious flowering. A subsequent day length-independent decline in miR156 abundance provides a permissive environment for flowering and is paralleled by a rise in SPL levels. At the shoot apex, FT/FD and SPLs converge on an overlapping set of targets, with SPLs directly activating flower-promoting MADS box genes, providing a molecular substrate for both the redundant activities and the feed-forward action of the miR156/SPL and FT/FD modules in flowering control. IS - 4 JF - Cell SN - 1097-4172 EP - 749 TI - miR156-regulated SPL transcription factors define an endogenous flowering pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana. VL - 138 SP - 738 KW - dev KW - function KW - mirna KW - plant AU - Wang, Jia-Wei AU - Czech, Benjamin AU - Weigel, Detlef PY - 2009/08/21/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2009.06.014 ER -