Nature Communications (Sep 2016)

The NF-YC–RGL2 module integrates GA and ABA signalling to regulate seed germination in Arabidopsis

  • Xu Liu,
  • Pengwei Hu,
  • Mingkun Huang,
  • Yang Tang,
  • Yuge Li,
  • Ling Li,
  • Xingliang Hou

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12768
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Crosstalk between gibberellic acid (GA) and abscisic acid (ABA) regulates seed germination. Here the authors show that NF-YC transcription factors can interact with the RGL2 DELLA protein to regulate expression of ABI5and therefore modulate ABA- and GA-responsive gene expression.