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Identification of BELL Transcription Factors Involved in Nodule Initiation and Development in the Legumes Pisum sativum and Medicago truncatula.

ABSTRACT: Single three-amino acid loop extension (TALE) homeodomain proteins, including the KNOTTED-like (KNOX) and BEL-like (BELL) families in plants, usually work as heterodimeric transcription factor complexes to regulate different developmental processes, often via effects on phytohormonal pathways. Nitrogen-fixing nodule formation in legumes is regulated by different families of homeodomain transcription factors. Whereas the role of KNOX transcription factors in the control of symbiosis was studied early, BELL transcription factors have received less attention. Here, we report the identification and expression analysis of BELL genes in the legume plants Medicago truncatula and Pisum sativum, which are involved in regulating symbiosis initiation and development. A more precise analysis was performed for the most significantly upregulated PsBELL1-2 gene in pea. We found that the PsBELL1-2 transcription factor could be a potential partner of PsKNOX9. In addition, we showed that PsBELL1-2 can interact with the PsDELLA1 (LA) protein-regulator of the gibberellin pathway, which has a previously demonstrated important role in symbiosis development.

SUBMITTER: Dolgikh AV

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7766112 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Identification of BELL Transcription Factors Involved in Nodule Initiation and Development in the Legumes <i>Pisum sativum</i> and <i>Medicago truncatula</i>.

Dolgikh Alexandra V AV Rudaya Elizaveta S ES Dolgikh Elena A EA

Plants (Basel, Switzerland) 20201220 12

Single three-amino acid loop extension (TALE) homeodomain proteins, including the KNOTTED-like (KNOX) and BEL-like (BELL) families in plants, usually work as heterodimeric transcription factor complexes to regulate different developmental processes, often via effects on phytohormonal pathways. Nitrogen-fixing nodule formation in legumes is regulated by different families of homeodomain transcription factors. Whereas the role of KNOX transcription factors in the control of symbiosis was studied e ...[more]

PMID: 33419376

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Identification of BELL Transcription Factors Involved in Nodule Initiation and Development in the Legumes Pisum sativum and Medicago truncatula.

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Identification of BELL Transcription Factors Involved in Nodule Initiation and Development in the Legumes <i>Pisum sativum</i> and <i>Medicago truncatula</i>.

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