The control of developmental phase transitions in plantsPeter Huijser
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl von Linne Weg 10, 50829 Cologne, Germany
Development 138:4117-29. 2011
..In addition, we discuss the evolutionary conservation of the functions of these miRNAs in regulating the control of plant developmental phase transitions...
Comparative analysis of the SBP-box gene families in P. patens and seed plantsMaike Riese
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
Gene 401:28-37. 2007
..patens allows targeted mutation, the material we isolated and characterized will be helpful to generate the mutant phenotypes necessary to further elucidate these roles...
The microRNA regulated SBP-box genes SPL9 and SPL15 control shoot maturation in ArabidopsisStefan Schwarz
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl von Linne Weg 10, Cologne, Germany
Plant Mol Biol 67:183-95. 2008
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- Genomic organization, phylogenetic comparison and differential expression of the SBP-box family of transcription factors in tomato
Maria Salinas
Department of Molecular Plant Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl von Linne Weg 10, 50829 Cologne, Germany
Planta 235:1171-84. 2012
..The data presented provide a basis for future clarification of the various functions that SBP-box gene family members play in tomato growth and development...
- SPL8, an SBP-box gene that affects pollen sac development in Arabidopsis
Ulrike S Unte
Department of Molecular Plant Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, 50829 Cologne, Germany
Plant Cell 15:1009-19. 2003
..The SPL8 mutants described help to uncover the roles of SBP-box genes in plant development...
- The miRNA156/157 recognition element in the 3' UTR of the Arabidopsis SBP box gene SPL3 prevents early flowering by translational inhibition in seedlings
Madhuri Gandikota
Department of Molecular Plant Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, 50829 Cologne, Germany
Plant J 49:683-93. 2007
..As a consequence of precocious translation of the constitutively expressed SPL3 transgene, due to the absence of a functional MRE, plants exhibit very early flowering in addition to frequent morphological changes...
- SPL8, a local regulator in a subset of gibberellin-mediated developmental processes in Arabidopsis
Yan Zhang
Department of Molecular Plant Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl von Linne Weg 10, 50829 Cologne, Germany
Plant Mol Biol 63:429-39. 2007
..Genes involved in GA biosynthesis and signalling are transcriptionally affected by altered SPL8 expression. Our study uncovered a tissue-dependent regulatory role for SPL8 in the response to GA signalling in plant development...
- PFMAGO, a MAGO NASHI-like factor, interacts with the MADS-domain protein MPF2 from Physalis floridana
Chaoying He
Department of Molecular Plant Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
Mol Biol Evol 24:1229-41. 2007
..Y14 is an RNA-binding protein that forms part of various "gene expression machines." The function of MPF2 and 2 PFMAGO proteins in ensuring male fertility and evolution of calyx development in Physalis is discussed...
- SBP-domain transcription factors as possible effectors of cryptochrome-mediated blue light signalling in the moss Physcomitrella patens
Maike Riese
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl von Linne Weg 10, 50829, Cologne, Germany
Planta 227:505-15. 2008
..In this report we show that PpCRY1a and PpCRY1b act negatively on the transcript levels of several related moss SBP-box genes and that at least PpSBP1 and PpSBP4 act as negative regulators of side branch formation...
- New players unveiled in early anther development
Shuping Xing
Department of Molecular Plant Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
Plant Signal Behav 6:934-8. 2011
..This mini-review gives an overview of how these factors affect early anther development and discusses a possible relationship between these factors and other known early anther genes...
- Functional dissection of the plant-specific SBP-domain: overlap of the DNA-binding and nuclear localization domains
Rainer P Birkenbihl
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, , 50829 Cologne, Germany
J Mol Biol 352:585-96. 2005
..This suggests that the function of SBP-domain proteins is also regulated by post-translational modification on the levels of nuclear import and DNA binding...
- miR156-targeted and nontargeted SBP-box transcription factors act in concert to secure male fertility in Arabidopsis
Shuping Xing
Department of Molecular Plant Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, 50829 Cologne, Germany
Plant Cell 22:3935-50. 2010
..Furthermore, SPL8 in particular may be required to secure fertility of the very first flowers when floral transition-related miR156/7 levels might not have sufficiently declined...
- The Arabidopsis ABORTED MICROSPORES (AMS) gene encodes a MYC class transcription factor
Anna Marie Sorensen
Department of Molecular Plant Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
Plant J 33:413-23. 2003
..Therefore, AMS plays a crucial role in tapetal cell development and the post-meiotic transcriptional regulation of microspore development within the developing anther...
