植物成花转变及成花逆转的研究进展

本文主要讨论了植物成花转变及成花逆转等开花研究中应用分子生物学技术所取得的一些进展,描述了成花决定态的特性,5个从拟南芥中分离获得的成花转变的基因,有关光受体的分子生物学研究和造成成花逆转的原因等。     

植物成花转变过程的基因调控

以往对植物从营养生长向生殖生长转变（即成花转变）的研究大多集中在形态学和细胞学等方面。近十几年来,人们对成花转变的分子机制又有了一定的了解。本文介绍这一领域的最新进展。     

植物的成花决定

在成花诱导结束后,植物就具备了分化花的能力,即进入了成花决定态。文中着重介绍植物获得这一能力的过程及其特征,即植物成花决定过程及成花决定态的问题。     

温度对植物成花的影响

温度对于植物成花的影响是多方面的 ,本文主要从低温、高温和昼夜温差三方面综述了温度影响成花之生理学方面的研究结果。认为温度处理的效果发生于成花启动之前和 /或成花启动进程中的较早步骤 ,其作用可能是间接的。     

植物的成花逆转

成花逆转是生长发发育过程中的特殊现象,与环境因素、成花决定的程度及遗传因素有关。逆转为我们从另一角度研究开花现象提供了一个枘地。文章主要介绍成花志的类型,研究成花的逆转的体系。引起成花逆转的因素以及逆转九一与成花决定之间的关系。     

植物成花调控的分子遗传学

对以拟南芥为主要对象进行的有关成花调控分子遗传学研究作了综述。该领域的研究已明确了对成花的调控没有单一的“成花万能基因”,而是有一群“成花时期基因”,并大致弄清了这些基因调控成花的模式。其结果是,成花调控途径具有多重性和冗长性,这些成花调控基因的参与量、基因之间的平衡都对成花起着重要的作用。     

温度对植物成花的影响

温度对于植物成花的影响是多方面的,本文主要从低温、高温和昼夜温差三方面综述了温度影响成花之生理学方面的研究结果。认为温度处理的效果发生于成花启动之前和/或成花启动进程中的较早步骤,其作用可能是间接的。     

植物SVP基因的研究进展

SHORT VEGETATIVE PHASE(SVP)是重要开花抑制基因,主要在营养阶段表达。SVP基因参与花分生组织的形成,并调节开花途径中的整合因子FLOWERING LOCUS T(FT)、SUPPRESSOR OF OVEREXPRESSION OF CONSTANS1(SOC1)和FLOWERING LOCUS C(FLC)的表达,从而调控开花时间。SVP的表达受光照、温度等因素的影响。就国内外对SVP基因及同源基因的一些研究进展进行综述,并探讨其未来的研究方向。     

植物成花分子机理研究的进展

植物在成花诱导结束后,转变为花分生组织,而后分化产生花器官。文中着重介绍了花器官形成分化ABC模型及基因调控的分子机理。     

植物角质层蜡质基因的研究进展

角质层是覆盖在植物地上部分最表层的保护层,具有降低植物表面的水分散失、防止紫外线辐射伤害和抵抗病虫害侵入等环境胁迫等功能,在植物适应外界环境作用方面起重要作用.作对近年来角质层蜡质基因的研究进展进行综述,同时也对蜡质基因的研究前景提出一些看法.     

A MADS domain gene involved in the transition to flowering in Arabidopsis

Flowering time in many plants is triggered by environmental factors that lead to uniform flowering in plant populations, ensuring higher reproductive success. So far, several genes have been identified that are involved in flowering time control. AGL20 (AGAMOUS LIKE 20) is a MADS domain gene from Arabidopsis that is activated in shoot apical meristems during the transition to flowering. By transposon tagging we have identified late flowering agl20 mutants, showing that AGL20 is involved in flowering time control. In previously described late flowering mutants of the long-day and constitutive pathways of floral induction the expression of AGL20 is down-regulated, demonstrating that AGL20 acts downstream to the mutated genes. Moreover, we can show that AGL20 is also regulated by the gibberellin (GA) pathway, indicating that AGL20 integrates signals of different pathways of floral induction and might be a central component for the induction of flowering. In addition, the constitutive expression of AGL20 in Arabidopsis is sufficient for photoperiod independent flowering and the over-expression of the orthologous gene from mustard, MADSA, in the classical short-day tobacco Maryland Mammoth bypasses the strict photoperiodic control of flowering.     

FKF1, a clock-controlled gene that regulates the transition to flowering in Arabidopsis

Plant reproduction requires precise control of flowering in response to environmental cues. We isolated a late-flowering Arabidopsis mutant, fkf1, that is rescued by vemalization or gibberellin treatment. We positionally cloned FKF1, which encodes a novel protein with a PAS domain similar to the flavin-binding region of certain photoreceptors, an F box characteristic of proteins that direct ubiquitin-mediated degradation, and six kelch repeats predicted to fold into a beta propeller. FKF1 mRNA levels oscillate with a circadian rhythm, and deletion of FKF1 alters the waveform of rhythmic expression of two clock-controlled genes, implicating FKF1 in modulating the Arabidopsis circadian clock.     

Revisiting phase transition during flowering in Arabidopsis

Single-phase transition during flowering has been suggested by Hempel and Feldman (1994) [Planta 192: 276]. When early flowering ecotypes of Arabidopsis were microscopically observed, a long day signal simultaneously induced the acropetal (bottom to top) production of flower primordia and the basipetal (top to bottom) differentiation of paraclades (axillary flowering shoots) from the axils of pre-existing leaf primordia. However, this model could not account for the production of an extra number of secondary shoots in the TERMINAL FLOWER 1 overexpressor line or AGL20 overexpressor line in Columbia background with a functional allele of FRIGIDA. We report here that Columbia with a functional allele of FRIGIDA under long days and Columbia under short days show an inflorescence-producing phase between the vegetative and the flower-producing phases, supporting two-step phase transition during flowering. In addition, a late-flowering mutant, fwa shows an inflorescence phase but fca, fy and fve follow a single-phase transition, suggesting flowering time mutations have different effects on phase transition during flowering.     

高等植物开花诱导研究进展

高等植物由营养生长向生殖生长转换的过程称为开花诱导。开花诱导过程由遗传和外界环境两个因素决定, 受错综复杂的网络信号传导途径调控。近年来, 在双子叶模式植物拟南芥中, 开花诱导研究取得了很大进展, 探明了控制开花诱导的4条主要途径(光周期途径、春化途径、自主途径和GA途径)及调控机制。研究也表明, 开花基因在拟南芥、水稻以及其他高等植物之间具有很高的保守性。文章对相关研究的最新进展作一综述, 并指出了目前研究中存在的问题及相应的研究对策。     

Specific proteins in stem meristems during transition to flowering

Immunodiffusion tests were used for studying protein composition of apical buds ofRudbeckia bicolor andPerilla nankinensis during their transition from vegetative to reproductive state under inductive photoperiodic conditions or GA₃ treatment. In both species the induced buds differ from the vegetative ones in the presence of specific proteins (P): P1, P2, P3 appear inRudbeckia apical buds 2, 8, 16 d after the start of inductive treatment; P4 appears inPerilla apical buds 6 d after inductive treatment. P1, P2, P4 are revealed in induced buds in the early period of apex development when morphogenetic changes are not yet present. The similarity between antigenic spectra of induced buds and of those treated by GA₃ appears only inRudbeckia. These observations support the hypothesis of a change in gene expression at floral evocation. Presented at the International Symposium “Plant Growth Regulators” held on June 18–22, 1984 at Liblice, Czechoslovakia.     

Growth regulators in changing apical growth at transition to flowering

Reorganization of growth in the shoot apex ofChenopodium rubrum during transition to flowering is described. Growth and morphogenic changes — a rise in cell division rate, changes in leaf and bud formation and changes in directions of cellular growth — are viewed from the aspect of a possible role of growth hormones in controlling these changes. Growth and morphogenic effects of exogenous growth regulators in the shoot apex ofChenopodium are summarized and their floral effects explained in terms of changing apical growth correlations. New evidence concerning the timing of increased cell division rate and showing the limited requirement of axillary cell division and a shift to more vertical direction of growth in the apex in the floral developmental pathway was obtained in experiments with kinetin application and by surgical treatments.     

A major gene for time of flowering in chickpea

A major gene for the number of days from sowing to appearance of the first flower (time of flowering) was identified in a cross between an extrashort duration chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) variety, ICCV 2, and a medium duration variety, JG 62. The F2 population was advanced through the single-seed-descent method to develop random recombinant inbred lines (RILs). Time of flowering was recorded for the parents and 66 F(6) RILs from this cross that were grown in a Vertisol field in the post-rainy season of 1996-1997. Similarly the parents, F(1) and F(10) RILs were evaluated in 1997-1998. The F(1) flowered along with JG 62. The time of flowering for the two sets of RILs showed bimodal distributions with nearly equal peaks. One peak corresponded with ICCV 2 and the other with JG 62. This suggests that a single gene controls the difference for the time of flowering between ICCV 2 and JG 62 and the allele carried by the latter parent is dominant. To our knowledge no gene has been identified for the time of flowering in chickpea. Therefore the allele carried by JG 62 is designated as Efl-1 and that by ICCV 2 as efl-1. The proposed genotype for ICCV 2 is efl-1 efl-1 and for JG 62 is Efl-1 Efl-1. The genotype efl-1 efl-1 reduces the time of flowering at ICRISAT by nearly 3 weeks. The significance of this gene for breeding for early maturity and genome mapping has been discussed.