Arun Chinnappa, Kiruba S. and Nguyen, Thi Thu S. and Hou, Jiexi and Wu, Yuzhou and McCurdy, David (2013) Phloem parenchyma transfer cells in Arabidopsis – an experimental system to identify transcriptional regulators of wall ingrowth formation. Frontiers in plant science, 4 (April). pp. 1-6.
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Abstract
In species performing apoplasmic loading, phloem cells adjacent to sieve elements often develop into transfer cells (TCs) with wall ingrowths. The highly invaginated wall ingrowths serve to amplify plasma membrane surface area to achieve increased rates of apoplasmic transport, and may also serve as physical barriers to deter pathogen invasion. Wall ingrowth formation in TCs therefore plays an important role in phloem biology, however, the transcriptional switches regulating the deposition of this unique example of highly localized wall building remain unknown. Phloem parenchyma (PP) TCs in Arabidopsis veins provide an experimental system to identify such switches. The extent of ingrowth deposition responds to various abiotic and applied stresses, enabling bioinformatics to identify candidate regulatory genes. Furthermore, simple fluorescence staining of PP TCs in leaves enables phenotypic analysis of relevant mutants. Combining these approaches resulted in the identification of GIGANTEA as a regulatory component in the pathway controlling wall ingrowth development in PP TCs. Further utilization of this approach has identified two NAC (NAM, ATAF1/2 and CUC2)-domain and two MYB-related genes as putative transcriptional switches regulating wall ingrowth deposition in these cells.
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| Item Type: | Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C) |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Additional Information: | Published version made available under open access. |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Current - Institute for Life Sciences and the Environment - Centre for Crop Health |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Feb 2017 05:25 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Feb 2017 01:33 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Phloem parenchyma; Arabidopsis; transcriptional regulators; wall ingrowths; phloem biology; GIGANTEA |
| Fields of Research : | 07 Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences > 0703 Crop and Pasture Production > 070308 Crop and Pasture Protection (Pests, Diseases and Weeds) |
| Socio-Economic Objective: | E Expanding Knowledge > 97 Expanding Knowledge > 970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |
| Identification Number or DOI: | 10.3389/fpls.2013.00102 |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/30670 |
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