In angiosperms, floral homeotic genes encoding MADS-domain transcription factors regulate the development of floral organs. Specifically, members of the SEPALLATA (SEP) and AGAMOUS (AG) subfamilies form higher order protein complexes to control Floral Meristem determinacy and to specify the identity of female reproductive organs. In rice, the AG subfamily gene OsMADS13 is intimately involved in the determination of ovule identity, since knock-out mutant plants develop carpel-like structures in place of ovules resulting in female sterility. Little is known about the regulatory pathways at the base of rice gynoecium development. To further investigate molecular mechanisms acting downstream of OsMADS13, we obtained transcriptomes of immature inflorescences from wild type and the osmads13 mutant. Among a total of 476 Differentially Expressed Genes (DEGs), a substantial overlap with DEGs from the SEP-family osmads1 mutant was found, suggesting that OsMADS1 and OsMADS13 may act on a common set of target genes. Expression studies and preliminary analyses of two upregulated Zinc-finger transcription factor encoding genes indicate that our dataset represents a valuable resource for the identification of both OsMADS13 target genes and novel players in rice ovule development. Taken together, our study suggests that OsMADS13 is an important repressor of the carpel pathway during ovule development.
Transcriptome analysis reveals rice OsMADS13 as an important repressor of the carpel development pathway in ovules / M. Osnato, E. Lacchini, A. Pilatone, L. Dreni, A. Grioni, M. Chiara, D. Horner, S. Pelaz, M.M. Kater. - In: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY. - ISSN 0022-0957. - (2020). [Epub ahead of print]
Titolo: | Transcriptome analysis reveals rice OsMADS13 as an important repressor of the carpel development pathway in ovules |
Autori: | OSNATO, MICHELA (Primo) LACCHINI, ELIA (Secondo) KATER, MARTIN (Ultimo) (Corresponding) |
Parole Chiave: | floral meristem determinacy; gynoecium; ovule; rice; transcription; |
Settore Scientifico Disciplinare: | Settore BIO/18 - Genetica Settore BIO/11 - Biologia Molecolare |
Data di pubblicazione: | 2020 |
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Tipologia: | Article (author) |
Data ahead of print / Data di stampa: | 9-ott-2020 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eraa460 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 01 - Articolo su periodico |
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