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- Title
Control of trichome branching by Chromatin Assembly Factor-1.
- Authors
Exner, Vivien; Gruissem, Wilhelm; Hennig, Lars
- Abstract
Background: Chromatin dynamics and stability are both required to control normal development of multicellular organisms. Chromatin assembly factor CAF-1 is a histone chaperone that facilitates chromatin formation and the maintenance of specific chromatin states. In plants and animals CAF-1 is essential for normal development, but it is poorly understood which developmental pathways require CAF-1 function. Results: Mutations in all three CAF-1 subunits affect Arabidopsis trichome morphology and lack of CAF-1 function results in formation of trichomes with supernumerary branches. This phenotype can be partially alleviated by external sucrose. In contrast, other aspects of the CAF-1 mutant phenotype, such as defective meristem function and organ formation, are aggravated by external sucrose. Double mutant analyses revealed epistatic interactions between CAF-1 mutants and stichel, but non-epistatic interactions between CAF-1 mutants and glabra3 and kaktus. In addition, mutations in CAF-1 could partly suppress the strong overbranching and polyploidization phenotype of kaktus mutants. Conclusion: CAF-1 is required for cell differentiation and regulates trichome development together with STICHEL in an endoreduplication-independent pathway. This function of CAF-1 can be partially substituted by application of exogenous sucrose. Finally, CAF-1 is also needed for the high degree of endoreduplication in kaktus mutants and thus for the realization of kaktus' extreme overbranching phenotype.
- Subjects
TRICHOMES; CHROMATIN; NUCLEOPROTEINS; HISTONES; ARABIDOPSIS; CARRIER proteins; PLANT proteins; GENETIC mutation
- Publication
BMC Plant Biology, 2008, Vol 8, p1
- ISSN
1471-2229
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/1471-2229-8-54