A DEVELOPMENTAL SWITCH SUFFICIENT FOR FLOWER INITIATION IN DIVERSE PLANTS

Authors
WEIGEL D NILSSON O
Citation
D. Weigel et O. Nilsson, A DEVELOPMENTAL SWITCH SUFFICIENT FOR FLOWER INITIATION IN DIVERSE PLANTS, Nature, 377(6549), 1995, pp. 495-500
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Nature → ACNP
ISSN journal
00280836
Volume
377
Issue
6549
Year of publication
1995
Pages
495 - 500
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-0836(1995)377:6549<495:ADSSFF>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
We have generated transgenic plants in which the flower-meristem-ident ity gene LEAFY of Arabidopsis is constitutively expressed. LEAFY is su fficient to determine floral fate in lateral shoot meristems of both A rabidopsis and the heterologous species aspen, with the consequence th at flower development is induced precociously. Our results also sugges t a new level of regulation during flower development, as indicated by the competence of the main shoot to respond to LEAFY activity.