title: CLAUSA restricts tomato leaf morphogenesis and GOBLET expression.
abstract: Leaf morphogenesis and differentiation are highly flexible processes. The development of compound leaves is characterized by an extended morphogenesis stage compared with that of simple leaves. The tomato mutant clausa (clau) possesses extremely elaborate compound leaves. Here we show that this elaboration is generated by further extension of the morphogenetic window, partly via the activity of ectopic meristems present on clau leaves. Further, we propose that CLAU might negatively affect expression of the NAM/CUC gene GOBLET (GOB), an important modulator of compound-leaf development, as GOB expression is elevated in clau mutants and reducing GOB expression suppresses the clau phenotype. Expression of GOB is also elevated in the compound leaf mutant lyrate (lyr), and the remarkable enhancement of the clau phenotype by lyr suggests that clau and lyr affect leaf development and GOB in different pathways.
authors.affiliation: The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture and The Otto Warburg Minerva Center for Agricultural Biotechnology, Hebrew University, PO Box 12, Rehovot, 76100, Israel.
authors.forename: Maya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bar
authors.affiliation: The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture and The Otto Warburg Minerva Center for Agricultural Biotechnology, Hebrew University, PO Box 12, Rehovot, 76100, Israel.
authors.forename: Ori
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ben-Herzel
authors.affiliation: The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture and The Otto Warburg Minerva Center for Agricultural Biotechnology, Hebrew University, PO Box 12, Rehovot, 76100, Israel.
authors.forename: Hagay
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kohay
authors.affiliation: The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture and The Otto Warburg Minerva Center for Agricultural Biotechnology, Hebrew University, PO Box 12, Rehovot, 76100, Israel.
authors.forename: Ilana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Shtein
authors.affiliation: The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture and The Otto Warburg Minerva Center for Agricultural Biotechnology, Hebrew University, PO Box 12, Rehovot, 76100, Israel.
authors.forename: Naomi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ori
mesh_terms: D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D018551:Solanum lycopersicum / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D018519:Meristem / Q000235:genetics; D009154:Mutation; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins
keywords: CLAUSA; GOBLET; LYRATE; Solanum lycopersicum; Tomato; ectopic meristem; leaf development; morphogenesis