Urano, D., Jackson, D., Jones, A. M. (May 2015) A G protein alpha null mutation confers prolificacy potential in maize. Journal of Experimental Botany, 66 (15). pp. 4511-4515. ISSN 0022-0957
Abstract
Plasticity in plant development is controlled by environmental signals through largely unknown signalling networks. Signalling coupled by the heterotrimeric G protein complex underlies various developmental pathways in plants. The morphology of two plastic developmental pathways, root system architecture and female inflorescence formation, was quantitatively assessed in a mutant compact plant 2 (ct2) lacking the alpha subunit of the heterotrimeric G protein complex in maize. The ct2 mutant partially compensated for a reduced shoot height by increased total leaf number, and had far more ears, even in the presence of pollination signals. The maize heterotrimeric G protein complex is important in some plastic developmental traits in maize. In particular, the maize Galpha subunit is required to dampen the overproduction of female inflorescences.
| Item Type: | Paper |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Cell division G protein development ear maize signalling. |
| Subjects: | organism description > plant > maize organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > cell types and functions > cell functions > cell division bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > protein structure, function, modification > protein types > G protein |
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| Communities: | CSHL labs > Jackson lab |
| Depositing User: | Matt Covey |
| Date: | 6 May 2015 |
| Date Deposited: | 22 May 2015 18:51 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Sep 2015 19:20 |
| PMCID: | PMC4507758 |
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| URI: | https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/31533 |
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