摘要
The switch from vegetative growth to reproductive growth is a key event in the development of a plant.Here,the product of the chrysanthemum gene CmMYB2,an R2R3 MYB transcription factor that is localized in the nucleus,was shown to be a component of the switching mechanism.Plants engineered to overexpress CmMYB2 flowered earlier than did wild-type plants,while those in which CmMYB2 was suppressed flowered later.In both the overexpression and RNAi knockdown plants,a number of genes encoding proteins involved in gibberellin synthesis or signaling,as well as in the response to photoperiod,were transcribed at a level that differed from that in the wild type.Both yeast two-hybrid and bimolecular fluorescence complementation assays revealed that CmMYB2 interacts with CmBBX24,a zinc-finger transcription factor known to regulate flowering by its influence on gibberellin synthesis.
基金
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31572159)
the Jiangsu Modern Agricultural Industry Technology System Construction Project(JATS[2018]278)
the Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities(KJQN201815,KYZ201832)
the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions and the Jiangsu Planned Projects for Postdoctoral Research Funds.
