A critical appraisal of phloem-mobile signals involved in tuber induction
Suárez-López, Paula (Centre de Recerca en Agrigenòmica)

Date:	2013
Abstract:	The identification of FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) and several FT homologs as phloem-mobile proteins that regulate flowering has sparked the search for additional homologs involved in the long-distance regulation of other developmental processes. Given that flowering and tuber induction share regulatory pathways, the quest for long-distance tuberization signals has been further stimulated. Several tuberization regulators have been proposed as mobile molecules, including the FT family protein StSP6A, the plant growth regulators gibberellins and the microRNA miR172. Although some of these hypotheses are attractive and plausible, evidence that these molecules are transmissible in potato has yet to be obtained. Two mRNAs encoding transcription factors, StBEL5 and POTATO HOMEOBOX 1 (POTH1), are mobile and correlate with tuber induction. However, evidence that StBEL5 or POTH1 are required for tuberization is not available yet. Therefore, there are several good candidates for long-distance molecules in the tuberization process. Further research should test their role as systemic tuberization signals.
Grants:	Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad BFU2012-33746 Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación CSD2007-00036 Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2009/SGR-703
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Tuberization ; Potato ; Long-distance signaling ; FLOWERING LOCUS T ; Gibberellins
Published in:	Frontiers in plant science, Vol. 4 (July 2013) , art. 253, ISSN 1664-462X

DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00253
PMID: 23882274

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