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Cucumber SUPERMAN Has Conserved Function in Stamen and Fruit Development and a Distinct Role in Floral Patterning
Zhao, Jianyu Liu, Meiling Jiang, Li Ding, Lian Yan, Shirley ShiDu Zhang, Juan Zhaobin, Dong Ren, Huazhong Zhang, Xiaolan
Zhao, Jianyu
Liu, Meiling
Jiang, Li
Ding, Lian
Yan, Shirley ShiDu
Zhang, Juan
Zhaobin, Dong
Ren, Huazhong
Zhang, Xiaolan
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The Arabidopsis SUPERMAN (SUP) gene encodes a C2H2 type zinc finger protein that is required for maintaining the boundaries between stamens and carpels, and for regulating development of ovule outer integument. Orthologs of SUP have been characterized in bisexual flowers as well as dioecious species, but it remains elusive in monoecious plants with unisexual flowers on the same individual. Here we isolate the SUP ortholog in Cucumis sativus L (CsSUP), a monoecious vegetable. CsSUP is predominantly expressed in female specific organs: the female flower buds and ovules. Ectopic expression of CsSUP in Arabidopsis can partially complement the fruit development in sup-5 mutant, and its over-expression in wide-type leads to reduced silique length, suppressed stamen development and distorted petal patterning. Our data suggest that CsSUP plays conserved as well as distinct roles during flower and fruit development, and it may function in the boundaries and ovules to balance petal patterning, stamen and ovule development in Arabidopsis.
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This is the published version. Copyright 2014 Public Library of Science.
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2014-01-23
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Zhao, Jianyu, Meiling Liu, Li Jiang, Lian Ding, Shuang Shuang Yan, Juan Zhang, Zhaobin Dong, Huazhong Ren, and Xiaolan Zhang. "Cucumber SUPERMAN Has Conserved Function in Stamen and Fruit Development and a Distinct Role in Floral Patterning." PLoS ONE 9.1 (2014): n. pag. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0086192.