Nature Communications (Oct 2020)

COMPOSITUM 1 contributes to the architectural simplification of barley inflorescence via meristem identity signals

  • Naser Poursarebani,
  • Corinna Trautewig,
  • Michael Melzer,
  • Thomas Nussbaumer,
  • Udda Lundqvist,
  • Twan Rutten,
  • Thomas Schmutzer,
  • Ronny Brandt,
  • Axel Himmelbach,
  • Lothar Altschmied,
  • Ravi Koppolu,
  • Helmy M. Youssef,
  • Richard Sibout,
  • Marion Dalmais,
  • Abdelhafid Bendahmane,
  • Nils Stein,
  • Zhanguo Xin,
  • Thorsten Schnurbusch

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18890-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Grasses have diverse inflorescence morphologies, but the underlying genetic mechanisms are unclear. Here, the authors report a TCP transcription factor COM1 affects cell growth through regulation of cell wall properties and promotes branch formation in non-Triticeae grasses but branch inhibition in barley (Triticeae).