Identification of novel genes involved in petunia flower development using transcript profiling and reverse genetics
Author
Mallona González, IzaskunDirector/a
Egea Gutiérrez-Cortines, Marcos; Weiss ., Julia RoslUniversity
Universidad Politécnica de CartagenaFecha de lectura
2012-07-27Publication date
2012Publisher
Izaskun Mallona GonzálezKeywords
PetuniaPetal
Silencing
Bioinformatics
Q-PCR
Transcriptomics
Pétalo
Silenciar
Bioinformática
Transcriptómica
Abstract
[ENG] Petals are a key element on plant life cycle as, in many species, they attract pollinators, thus aiding to reproduction. Furthermore, they have economic importance in ornamental crops. In the present study, petal transcriptional patterns were compared within the ower organs in Arabidopsis thaliana. It was found that catalytic molecular functions were overrepresented in petals. A shortlist comprising the top ten di_erentially expressed genes in petals were mapped to the model species with industrial value Petunia hybrida, and further downregulated by RNAi. The silencing phenotypes found permitted to assign functions in petal development to seven novel genes: when silenced, they triggered alterations on ower size and shape (PhCYP76, PhNPH3, PhFeSOD, PhXTH, PhCYP96 and PhWAK), petal smoothness (PhPRA), color (PhNPH3 and PhWAK) and symmetry (PhCYP76). Pleiotropic phenotypes were found, such as changes in root morphology and leaf color (PhCYP76), ower number, capsule and seed morphology ...
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