title: The Arabidopsis FILAMENTOUS FLOWER gene is required for flower formation.
abstract: A screen for mutations affecting flower formation was carried out and several filamentous flower (fil) alleles were identified. In fil mutants, floral primordia occasionally give rise to pedicels lacking flowers at their ends. This defect is dramatically enhanced in fil rev double mutants, in which every floral primordium produces a flowerless pedicel. These data suggest that the FIL and REV genes are required for an early step of flower formation, possibly for the establishment of a flower-forming domain within the floral primordium. The FIL gene is also required for establishment of floral meristem identity and for flower development. During flower development, the FIL gene is required for floral organ formation in terms of the correct numbers and positions; correct spatial activity of the AGAMOUS, APETALA3, PISTILLATA and SUPERMAN genes; and floral organ development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Atkinson
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Otsuga
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Christensen
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Reynolds
authors.forename: G N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Drews
mesh_terms: D026342:AGAMOUS Protein, Arabidopsis; D000483:Alleles; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D026161:MADS Domain Proteins; D018519:Meristem / Q000235:genetics; D009154:Mutation; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D018514:Plant Structures / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C119103:AFO protein, Arabidopsis; D026342:AGAMOUS Protein, Arabidopsis; C101342:APETALA 3 protein, Arabidopsis; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D026161:MADS Domain Proteins; D010940:Plant Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; C096661:superman protein, Arabidopsis