title: Hormonal control of the development of the gynoecium.
abstract: Flowering plants are called angiosperms and most of their flowers produce at their center a pistil or a gynoecium, which is the female reproductive structure. After a double fertilization event, the gynoecium develops into a fruit with great importance for the plant because it protects and helps the dispersion of a new generation, and, for humans is a key nutritional source. Over 20 years, Arabidopsis thaliana has been used to discover important genes for gynoecium development, and in the early years, auxin was already proposed to play a role. More recently, new discoveries are unveiling the importance of other hormones, particularly cytokinins, and providing insights about the action of these hormones in gynoecium development, which is the focus of this review. One of the next challenges is to further refine the knowledge about the mechanisms by which hormones shape the gynoecium, understand the communication among them and their interactions with transcription factors that altogether guide gynoecium development.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biotecnología y Bioquímica, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV-IPN), Km. 9.6 Libramiento Norte, Carretera Irapuato-León, CP 36821 Irapuato, Gto, Mexico.
authors.forename: Nayelli
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Marsch-Martínez
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Genómica Avanzada (LANGEBIO), CINVESTAV-IPN, Km. 9.6 Libramiento Norte, Carretera Irapuato-León, CP 36821 Irapuato, Gto, Mexico. Electronic address: sdfolter@langebio.cinvestav.mx.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: de Folter
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D035264:Flowers / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators / Q000378:metabolism*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators; D014157:Transcription Factors