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Published on April 25, 2008; 10.1105/tpc.107.053306

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Received May 31, 2007
Returned for revision March 26, 2008
Accepted April 5, 2008

REBELOTE, SQUINT, and ULTRAPETALA1 Function Redundantly in the Temporal Regulation of Floral Meristem Termination in Arabidopsis thaliana

Nathanaël Prunet 1, Patrice Morel 1, Anne-Marie Thierry 1, Yuval Eshed 2, John L. Bowman 3, Ioan Negrutiu 1, and Christophe Trehin 1*

1 Laboratoire de Reproduction et Développement des Plantes, Université de Lyon, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique/Ecole Normale Supérieure, F-69347 Lyon cedex 07, France
2 Department of Plant Sciences, Weizman Institute of Science, Rehovot, 76100, Israel
3 School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Vic 3800, Australia

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: ctrehin{at}ens-lyon.fr.

In Arabidopsis thaliana, flowers are determinate, showing a fixed number of whorls. Here, we report on three independent genes, a novel gene REBELOTE (RBL; protein of unknown function), SQUINT (SQN; a cyclophilin), and ULTRAPETALA1 (ULT1; a putative transcription factor) that redundantly influence floral meristem (FM) termination. Their mutations, combined with each other or with crabs claw, the genetic background in which they were isolated, trigger a strong FM indeterminacy with reiterations of extra floral whorls in the center of the flower. The range of phenotypes suggests that, in Arabidopsis, FM termination is initiated from stages 3 to 4 onwards and needs to be maintained through stage 6 and beyond, and that RBL, SQN, and ULT1 are required for this continuous regulation. We show that mutant phenotypes result from a decrease of AGAMOUS (AG) expression in an inner 4th whorl subdomain. However, the defect of AG activity alone does not explain all reported phenotypes, and our genetic data suggest that RBL, SQN, and, to a lesser extent, ULT1 also influence SUPERMAN activity. Finally, from all the molecular and genetic data presented, we argue that these genes contribute to the more stable and uniform development of flowers, termed floral developmental homeostasis.






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