Plant Signal Behav. 2013 Oct;8(10):doi: 10.4161/psb.25929. doi: 10.4161/psb.25929.
Coordinated regulation of the many genes controlling leaf, flower, and root development determines the phenotypes of plants; this regulation requires exquisite control of many transcription factors, including the WUSCHEL-related homeobox (WOX) family. We recently reported that rice (Oryza sativa) WUSCHEL-related homeobox 3A (OsWOX3A) plays important roles in organ development, including lateral-axis outgrowth and vasculature patterning in leaves, lemma and palea morphogenesis in spikelets, and the numbers of tillers and lateral roots. OsWOX3A is encoded by NARROW LEAF2 (NAL2) and NAL3, a pair of duplicated genes. In this study, further analysis of nal2 nal3 (hereafter nal2/3) double mutants revealed that, in addition to its role in lateral root development, OsWOX3A also acts in the control of root hair formation. Based on this new finding, we describe a possible mechanism by which OsWOX3A regulation of auxin transport genes acts in root development.
协调控制控制叶片、花朵和根系发育的众多基因决定了植物的表型;这种调节需要对许多转录因子进行精确控制,包括 WUSCHEL 相关同源盒(WOX)家族。我们最近报道,水稻(Oryza sativa)WUSCHEL 相关同源盒 3A(OsWOX3A)在器官发育中发挥重要作用,包括叶片、外稃和内稃形态发生中的侧轴生长和脉纹模式,以及分蘖和侧根的数量。OsWOX3A 由窄叶 2(NAL2)和 NAL3 编码,是一对重复基因。在这项研究中,对 nal2 nal3(以下简称 nal2/3)双突变体的进一步分析表明,除了在侧根发育中的作用外,OsWOX3A 还在根毛形成的控制中起作用。基于这一新发现,我们描述了 OsWOX3A 调节生长素转运基因在根系发育中的作用的一种可能机制。