title: DICER-LIKE 1 and DICER-LIKE 3 redundantly act to promote flowering via repression of FLOWERING LOCUS C in Arabidopsis thaliana.
abstract: In Arabidopsis thaliana, DICER-LIKE 1 and DICER-LIKE 3 are involved in the generation of small RNAs. Double mutants between dicer-like 1 and dicer-like 3 exhibit a delay in flowering that is caused by increased expression of the floral repressor FLOWERING LOCUS C. This delayed-flowering phenotype is similar to that of autonomous-pathway mutants, and the flowering delay can be overcome by vernalization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Schmitz
authors.forename: Lewis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Kathleen E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Fitzpatrick
authors.forename: Richard M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Amasino
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D035264:Flowers / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D005810:Multigene Family; D017440:Photoperiod; D018749:RNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering / Q000235:genetics; D043244:Ribonuclease III / Q000235:genetics*; D012621:Seasons
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D018749:RNA, Plant; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering; C402383:DCL1 protein, Arabidopsis; C519654:DCL3 protein, Arabidopsis; D043244:Ribonuclease III