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Profiling of AGO104-dependent gene expression in maize ovaries

ABSTRACT: Maize plants defective for the AGO104 protein show defects in chromatin condensation during meiosis, and subsequent failure to segregate chromosomes. AGO104 is a member of the ARGONAUTE family of proteins. AGO104 accumulates specifically in somatic cells surrounding the female meiocyte, suggesting a mobile signal rather than cell-autonomous control. AGO104 is necessary for non-CG methylation of centromeric and knob repeat DNA. Digital Gene Expression Tag Profiling experiments using high-throughput sequencing show that AGO104 influences the transcription of many targets in the ovaries, with a strong effect on centromeric repeats. AGO104 is related to Arabidopsis AGO9, but while AGO9 acts to repress germ cell fate in somatic tissues, AGO104 acts to repress somatic fate in germ cells. Thus, female germ cell development in maize is dependent upon conserved small RNA pathways acting non-cell autonomously in the ovule. Interfering with this repression leads to apomixis-like phenotypes in maize. Profiling of gene expression in mutant versus wilt type ovaries.

ORGANISM(S): Zea mays

SUBMITTER: Daniel Grimanelli

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-26859 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Production of viable gametes without meiosis in maize deficient for an ARGONAUTE protein.

Singh Manjit M Goel Shalendra S Meeley Robert B RB Dantec Christelle C Parrinello Hugues H Michaud Caroline C Leblanc Olivier O Grimanelli Daniel D

The Plant cell 20110215 2

Apomixis is a form of asexual reproduction through seeds in angiosperms. Apomictic plants bypass meiosis and fertilization, developing offspring that are genetically identical to their mother. In a genetic screen for maize (Zea mays) mutants mimicking aspects of apomixis, we identified a dominant mutation resulting in the formation of functional unreduced gametes. The mutant shows defects in chromatin condensation during meiosis and subsequent failure to segregate chromosomes. The mutated locus ...[more]

PMID: 21325139

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Profiling of AGO104-dependent gene expression in maize ovaries

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Production of viable gametes without meiosis in maize deficient for an ARGONAUTE protein.

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