Cotton (Gossypium spp.) is the most important natural textile fiber crop in the world.The ideal plant architecture of cotton is suitable for mechanical harvesting and productivity in modern agricultural production.How...Cotton (Gossypium spp.) is the most important natural textile fiber crop in the world.The ideal plant architecture of cotton is suitable for mechanical harvesting and productivity in modern agricultural production.However,cotton genes regulating plant development and architecture have not been fully identified.We identified a basic helix-loop-helix (b HLH) transcription factor,GhPAS1 (PAGODA1 SUPPRESSOR1) in G.hirsutum (Upland cotton).GhPAS1 was located in the nucleus and showed a strong transcription activation effect.Tissue-specific expression patterns showed that GhPAS1 was highly expressed in floral organs,followed by high expression in early stages of ovule development and rapid fiber elongation.GhPAS1 overexpression in Arabidopsis and BRZ (brassinazole,BR biosynthesis inhibitor) treatment indicated that GhPAS1 positively regulates and responds to the BR (brassinosteroid) signaling pathway and promotes cell elongation.GhPAS1 overexpression in Arabidopsis mediated plant development in addition to increasing plant biomass.Virus-induced gene silencing of GhPAS1 indicated that down-regulation of GhPAS1 inhibited cotton growth and development,as plant height,fruit branch length,and boll size of silenced plants were lower than in control plants.Fiber length and seed yield were also lower in silenced plants.We conclude that GhPAS1,a b HLH transcription factor,regulates plant development and architecture in cotton.These findings may help breeders and researchers develop cotton cultivars with desirable agronomic characteristics.展开更多
Dear Editor,Sources of genetic variations in genomes include small-scale sources(such as single-nucleotide polymorphisms(SNPs),insertions/deletions(InDels),and simple sequence repeats and larger-scale structural varia...Dear Editor,Sources of genetic variations in genomes include small-scale sources(such as single-nucleotide polymorphisms(SNPs),insertions/deletions(InDels),and simple sequence repeats and larger-scale structural variations(mainly presence-absence variants(PAVs))and copy number variants).PAVs are sequences that are either inserted or missing in genomes in comparison with a reference sequence or genome.PAVs can have a much longer sequence than SNPs and InDels,as illustrated in the human genome(Conrad et al.,2010).PAVs are important genomic structural variations that can directly affect genomic structure and key functional genes in the genome(Kumar et al.,2007).Moreover,the use of PAVs for studying quantitative traits has been valuable(Lam et al.,2010).展开更多
基金supported by the Funds for Creative Research Groups of China (31621005)the National Transgenic Major Project of China (2018ZX0800921B)。
文摘Cotton (Gossypium spp.) is the most important natural textile fiber crop in the world.The ideal plant architecture of cotton is suitable for mechanical harvesting and productivity in modern agricultural production.However,cotton genes regulating plant development and architecture have not been fully identified.We identified a basic helix-loop-helix (b HLH) transcription factor,GhPAS1 (PAGODA1 SUPPRESSOR1) in G.hirsutum (Upland cotton).GhPAS1 was located in the nucleus and showed a strong transcription activation effect.Tissue-specific expression patterns showed that GhPAS1 was highly expressed in floral organs,followed by high expression in early stages of ovule development and rapid fiber elongation.GhPAS1 overexpression in Arabidopsis and BRZ (brassinazole,BR biosynthesis inhibitor) treatment indicated that GhPAS1 positively regulates and responds to the BR (brassinosteroid) signaling pathway and promotes cell elongation.GhPAS1 overexpression in Arabidopsis mediated plant development in addition to increasing plant biomass.Virus-induced gene silencing of GhPAS1 indicated that down-regulation of GhPAS1 inhibited cotton growth and development,as plant height,fruit branch length,and boll size of silenced plants were lower than in control plants.Fiber length and seed yield were also lower in silenced plants.We conclude that GhPAS1,a b HLH transcription factor,regulates plant development and architecture in cotton.These findings may help breeders and researchers develop cotton cultivars with desirable agronomic characteristics.
基金Supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2016YFD0100300)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31600223)+4 种基金the Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province (2019JQ-062)the Shaanxi Youth Entrusted Talents Program (20190205)the Shaanxi Postdoctoral Project (2018BSHYDZZ76)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31872175)and the State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology Open Fund (CB2018A07, CB2019A03, and 2019A09).
文摘Dear Editor,Sources of genetic variations in genomes include small-scale sources(such as single-nucleotide polymorphisms(SNPs),insertions/deletions(InDels),and simple sequence repeats and larger-scale structural variations(mainly presence-absence variants(PAVs))and copy number variants).PAVs are sequences that are either inserted or missing in genomes in comparison with a reference sequence or genome.PAVs can have a much longer sequence than SNPs and InDels,as illustrated in the human genome(Conrad et al.,2010).PAVs are important genomic structural variations that can directly affect genomic structure and key functional genes in the genome(Kumar et al.,2007).Moreover,the use of PAVs for studying quantitative traits has been valuable(Lam et al.,2010).
