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Ectopic expression of the Arabidopsis transcriptional activator Athb-1 alters leaf cell fate in tobacco.

T Aoyama, C H Dong, Y Wu, M Carabelli, G Sessa, I Ruberti, G Morelli, N H Chua
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Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology, Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021-6339, USA.
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C H Dong
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Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology, Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021-6339, USA.
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M Carabelli
Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology, Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021-6339, USA.
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Published November 1995. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.7.11.1773

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The Arabidopsis thaliana Athb-1 is a homeobox gene of unknown function. By analogy with homeobox genes of other organisms, its gene product, Athb-1, is most likely a transcription factor involved in developmental processes. We constructed a series of Athb-1-derived genes to examine the roles of Athb-1 in transcriptional regulation and plant development. Athb-1 was found to transactivate a promoter linked to a specific DNA binding site by transient expression assays. In transgenic tobacco plants, overexpression of Athb-1 or its chimeric derivatives with heterologous transactivating domains of the yeast transcription factor GAL4 or herpes simplex virus transcription factor VP16 conferred deetiolated phenotypes in the dark, including cotyledon expansion, true leaf development, and an inhibition of hypocotyl elongation. Expression of Athb-1 or the two chimeric derivatives also affected the development of palisade parenchyma under normal growth conditions, resulting in light green sectors in leaves and cotyledons, whereas other organs in the transgenic plants remained normal. Both developmental phenotypes were induced by glucocorticoid in transgenic plants expressing a chimeric transcription factor comprising the Athb-1 DNA binding domain, the VP16 transactivating domain, and the glucocorticoid receptor domain. Plants with severe inducible phenotypes showed additional abnormality in cotyledon expansion. Our results suggest that Athb-1 is a transcription activator involved in leaf development.

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Ectopic expression of the Arabidopsis transcriptional activator Athb-1 alters leaf cell fate in tobacco.
T Aoyama, C H Dong, Y Wu, M Carabelli, G Sessa, I Ruberti, G Morelli, N H Chua
The Plant Cell Nov 1995, 7 (11) 1773-1785; DOI: 10.1105/tpc.7.11.1773

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Ectopic expression of the Arabidopsis transcriptional activator Athb-1 alters leaf cell fate in tobacco.
T Aoyama, C H Dong, Y Wu, M Carabelli, G Sessa, I Ruberti, G Morelli, N H Chua
The Plant Cell Nov 1995, 7 (11) 1773-1785; DOI: 10.1105/tpc.7.11.1773
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