miR172: a messenger between nodulation and flowering
Institution:
1. Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany;2. Houji Laboratory in Shanxi Province, College of Agriculture, Shanxi Agricultural University, 030801 Taigu, China;3. Innovative Center of Molecular Genetics and Evolution, School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou University, 510006 Guangzhou, China;1. Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, University of Würzburg, Julius-von-Sachs Platz 2, 97082 Würzburg, Germany;1. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CSIR-CIMAP), Lucknow 226015, India;2. Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India;1. Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany;2. Center for Plant Systems Biology and Biotechnology, 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria;1. Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea ‘La Mayora’ (IHSM-UMA-CSIC), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 29750 Algarrobo-Costa, Málaga, Spain;1. Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China;2. Department of Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0225, USA;3. Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546-0312, USA
Abstract:
Legumes coordinate nodulation and plant development to maximize reproductive success, but the underlying molecular mechanisms are not well understood. A recent study by Yun et al. has revealed that nodulation drives root-to-shoot movement of microRNA172 (miR172) to accelerate flowering time, thus building a new bridge between nodulation and plant growth regulation.
