title: AtZFP1, encoding Arabidopsis thaliana C2H2 zinc-finger protein 1, is expressed downstream of photomorphogenic activation.
abstract: C2H2 zinc-finger proteins play important roles in plant development including floral organogenesis, leaf initiation, lateral shoot initiation, gametogenesis and seed development. The gene for one such protein from Arabidopsis, AtZFP1 (Arabidopsis thaliana zinc-finger protein 1), is expressed at high levels in the shoot apex, including the apical meristem, developing leaves and the developing vascular system. In light-grown seedlings, AtZFP1 expression is induced about three days after germination, before the expansion of the true leaves. Dark-grown plants, in which photomorphogenesis is repressed, have no detectable AtZFP1 expression in the shoot apex. Under conditions which induce or mimic photomorphogenic development including growth in the light, shifting dark-grown plants to continuous light or growth on cytokinin in the dark, high levels of AtZFP1 expression are detected. Furthermore, AtZFP1 expression does not depend on active photosynthesis as shown by analysis of plants grown on the carotenoid biosynthetic inhibitor norflurazon. These results are discussed in relation to a possible role for AtZFP1 in shoot development, downstream of photomorphogenic activation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USA.
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Chrispeels
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oettinger
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Janvier
authors.forename: B W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Tague
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000528:radiation effects; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D005966:Glucuronidase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D051741:Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors; D008027:Light; D018519:Meristem / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000528:radiation effects; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D016335:Zinc Fingers / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D051741:Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors; D010940:Plant Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C102942:ZFP1 protein, Arabidopsis; D005966:Glucuronidase