title: Mitochondrial tuning fork in nuclear homeotic functions.
abstract: Homeotic-like flower morphologies in plants with cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) are maternally inherited and associated with rearrangements in mitochondrial DNA. Recent studies allow an interpretation of dramatic CMS morphologies in the light of the floral ABC model. They uncover new nuclear targets for interactions with mitochondrial genes. GLOBOSA-, DEFICIENS- and APETALA3-like genes were transcriptionally down-regulated in carpelloid CMS flowers of tobacco, carrot and wheat. These results allow cooperation between nuclear and cytoplasmic genetic compartments considered as a developmental function and an evolutionary mechanism of speciation.
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, Manchester University, UK. mikhajlo.zubko@man.ac.uk
authors.forename: Mikhajlo K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Zubko
mesh_terms: D026281:DEFICIENS Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D018552:Daucus carota / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015536:Down-Regulation; D005298:Fertility / Q000235:genetics; D035264:Flowers / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development*; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D014026:Nicotiana / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014908:Triticum / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D026281:DEFICIENS Protein; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; C102172:GLOBOSA protein, plant; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D010940:Plant Proteins