Mitochondrial tuning fork in nuclear homeotic functions

Zubko, Mikhajlo K. (2004) Mitochondrial tuning fork in nuclear homeotic functions. Trends in Plant Science, 9 (2). pp. 61-64. ISSN 1878-4372

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Abstract

Homeotic-like flower morphologies in plants with cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) are maternally inherited and associated with rearrangements in mitochondrial DNA. Recent studies allow an interpretation of dramatic CMS morphologies in the light of the floral ABC model. They uncover new nuclear targets for interactions with mitochondrial genes. GLOBOSA-, DEFICIENS- and APETALA3-like genes were transcriptionally down-regulated in carpelloid CMS flowers of tobacco, carrot and wheat. These results allow cooperation between nuclear and cytoplasmic genetic compartments to be considered as a developmental function and an evolutionary mechanism of speciation.

Item Type:	Article
Peer-reviewed:	No
Date Deposited:	10 May 2010 13:05
Publisher:	Elsevier Ltd
Additional Information:	Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published [following peer-review] in Trends in Plant Science, published by and copyright Elsevier Ltd.
Divisions:	Faculties > Science and Engineering Research Centres > Centre for Bioscience
URI:	https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/98318
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2003.12.001
ISSN	1878-4372

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