Specification of female germline by microRNA orchestrated auxin signaling in Arabidopsis

Jian Huang; Lei Zhao; Shikha Malik; Benjamin R. Gentile; Va Xiong; Tzahi Arazi; Heather A. Owen; Jiří Friml; Dazhong Zhao

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-34723-6

Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Specification of female germline by microRNA orchestrated auxin signaling in Arabidopsis

Jian Huang,
Lei Zhao,
Shikha Malik,
Benjamin R. Gentile,
Va Xiong,
Tzahi Arazi,
Heather A. Owen,
Jiří Friml,
Dazhong Zhao

Affiliations

Jian Huang: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Lei Zhao: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Shikha Malik: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Benjamin R. Gentile: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Va Xiong: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Tzahi Arazi: Institute of Plant Sciences, ARO, Volcani Center
Heather A. Owen: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Jiří Friml: Institute of Science and Technology (IST) Austria
Dazhong Zhao: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34723-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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In most flowering plants, a single megaspore mother cell (MMC) is formed in each ovule. Here the authors show that miR160 and the auxin response factor ARF17 act to promote MMC fate via SPL/NZZ and control auxin signaling to prevent somatic cells from acquiring MMC fate.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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