title: Integration of spatial and temporal information during floral induction in Arabidopsis.
abstract: Flowering of Arabidopsis is regulated by several environmental and endogenous signals. An important integrator of these inputs is the FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) gene, which encodes a small, possibly mobile protein. A primary response to floral induction is the activation of FT RNA expression in leaves. Because flowers form at a distant site, the shoot apex, these data suggest that FT primarily controls the timing of flowering. Integration of temporal and spatial information is mediated in part by the bZIP transcription factor FD, which is already expressed at the shoot apex before floral induction. A complex of FT and FD proteins in turn can activate floral identity genes such as APETALA1 (AP1).
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, 72076 Tübingen, Germany. philip.wigge@bbsrc.ac.uk
authors.forename: Philip A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Wigge
authors.forename: Min Chul
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Katja E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Jaeger
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Busch
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schmid
authors.forename: Jan U
authors.initials: JU
authors.lastname: Lohmann
authors.forename: Detlef
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Weigel
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D047369:Chromatin Immunoprecipitation; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D035264:Flowers / Q000254:growth & development*; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D026161:MADS Domain Proteins; D008954:Models, Biological; D009154:Mutation; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D010641:Phenotype; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000378:metabolism; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018520:Plant Shoots / Q000378:metabolism; D025941:Protein Interaction Mapping; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013997:Time Factors; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques
chemical_list: C091535:AP1 protein, Arabidopsis; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; C092776:CONSTANS protein, Arabidopsis; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C503117:FD protein, Arabidopsis; C418905:FT protein, Arabidopsis; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D026161:MADS Domain Proteins; D010940:Plant Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors