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Title: | Auxin influx carriers control vascular patterning and xylem differentiation in Arabidopsis thaliana |
Author: | Fabregas Vallvé, Norma Formosa Jordan, Pau Ibañes Miguez, Marta Confraria, Ana Siligato, Riccardo Alonso, Jose M. Swarup, Ranjan Bennett, Malcolm J. Pekka Mähönen, Ari Caño Delgado, Ana I. |
Keywords: | Diferenciació cel·lular Arabidopsis thaliana Fenotip Cell diferentiation Arabidopsis thaliana Phenotype |
Issue Date: | 2015 |
Publisher: | Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
Abstract: | Auxin is an essential hormone for plant growth and development. Auxin influx carriers AUX1/LAX transport auxin into the cell, while auxin efflux carriers PIN pump it out of the cell. It is well established that efflux carriers play an important role in the shoot vascular pat- terning, yet the contribution of influx carriers to the shoot vasculature remains unknown. Here, we combined theoretical and experimental approaches to decipher the role of auxin influx carriers in the patterning and differentiation of vascular tissues in the Arabidopsis in- florescence stem. Our theoretical analysis predicts that influx carriers facilitate periodic pat- terning and modulate the periodicity of auxin maxima. In agreement, we observed fewer and more spaced vascular bundles in quadruple mutants plants of the auxin influx carriers aux1lax1lax2lax3 . Furthermore, we show AUX1/LAX carriers promote xylem differentiation in both the shoot and the root tissues. Influx carriers increase cytoplasmic auxin signaling, and thereby differentiation. In addition to this cytoplasmic role of auxin, our computational simulations propose a role for extracellular auxin as an inhibitor of xylem differentiation. Al- together, our study shows that auxin influx carriers AUX1/LAX regulate vascular patterning and differentiation in plants |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1005183 |
It is part of: | PLoS Genetics, 2015, vol. 11, num. 4, p. e1005183 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/104351 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1005183 |
ISSN: | 1553-7390 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Física de la Matèria Condensada) |
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