2024
Plants distinguish different photoperiods to independently control seasonal flowering and growth
Wang Q, Liu W, Leung C, Tarté D, Gendron J. Plants distinguish different photoperiods to independently control seasonal flowering and growth. Science 2024, 383: eadg9196. PMID: 38330117, PMCID: PMC11134419, DOI: 10.1126/science.adg9196.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhotoperiodic growthSeasonal floweringControl expression of genesDuration of photosynthetic activityGrowth-regulating pathwaysExpression of genesPhotosynthetic periodMeasure photoperiodPhotoperiodic floweringPhotosynthetic activityControl expressionFlowering mechanismRegulation pathwaysSeasonal growthFlowersLong daysDifferent photoperiodsPhotoperiodLight intensityPlantsGrowthMutantsGenesPathway
2012
Brassinosteroids regulate organ boundary formation in the shoot apical meristem of Arabidopsis
Gendron JM, Liu JS, Fan M, Bai MY, Wenkel S, Springer PS, Barton MK, Wang ZY. Brassinosteroids regulate organ boundary formation in the shoot apical meristem of Arabidopsis. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2012, 109: 21152-21157. PMID: 23213257, PMCID: PMC3529081, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1210799110.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsShoot apical meristemOrgan boundary formationIdentity genesOrgan primordiaApical meristemGene expressionTranscription factor BZR1Architecture of plantsBR-insensitive mutantsBoundary formationSpatiotemporal controlOrgan boundariesStem cell nicheWT plantsUnderlying signaling mechanismsFusion phenotypeBrassinosteroidsCell nicheSignaling mechanismMeristemCentral meristemBZR1MutantsPrimordiaGenes
2008
Chemical Genetic Dissection of Brassinosteroid–Ethylene Interaction
Gendron JM, Haque A, Gendron N, Chang T, Asami T, Wang ZY. Chemical Genetic Dissection of Brassinosteroid–Ethylene Interaction. Molecular Plant 2008, 1: 368-379. PMID: 19825546, PMCID: PMC2975526, DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssn005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChemical inhibitorsChemical-genetic dissectionEthylene-insensitive mutantsChemical genetic screenApical hook formationBrassinosteroid actionBR biosynthesisBR synthesisEthylene mutantsGenetic screenEthylene pathwayEthylene responseGenetic dissectionPlant growthEthylene perceptionApical hookReporter geneBR treatmentHypocotyl lengthHook formationEthylene treatmentChemical librariesHormone interactionsMutantsSmall molecules