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doi:10.1534/genetics.106.069336
A more recent version of this article appeared on May 1, 2007.
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Evolutionary conservation of the FLC mediated vernalization response: evidence from the sugar beet (Beta vulgaris)
Patrick A. Reeves 1, Yuehui He 2, Robert J Schmitz 3, Richard M. Amasino 4, Lee W. Panella 1 and Christopher Richards 1*
1 USDA-ARS
2 National University of Singapore
3 University of Wisconsin-Madison
4 University of Wisconsin
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: crichard{at}lamar.colostate.edu.
Submitted on December 6, 2006
Revised on December 9, 2006
Accepted on 9 December 2006
In many plant species, exposure to a prolonged period of cold during the winter promotes flowering in the spring, a process termed vernalization. In Arabidopsis thaliana, the vernalization requirement of winter annual ecotypes is caused by the MADS box gene FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC), which is a repressor of flowering. During the vernalization process, FLC is down regulated by alteration of its chromatin structure, thereby permitting flowering to occur. In wheat, a vernalization requirement is imposed by a different repressor of flowering, suggesting that some components of the regulatory network controlling the vernalization response differ between monocots and dicots. The extent to which the molecular mechanisms underlying vernalization have been conserved during the diversification of the angiosperms is not well understood. Using phylogenetic analysis, we identified homologs of FLC in species representing the three major eudicot lineages. FLC homologs have not previously been documented outside the plant family Brassicaceae. We show that the sugar beet FLC homolog BvFL1 functions as a repressor of flowering in transgenic Arabidopsis, and is down regulated in response to cold in sugar beet. Cold induced down regulation of an FLC like floral repressor may be a central feature of the vernalization response in at least half of eudicot species.
Key Words: Beta vulgaris, FLC, MADS-box gene, flowering time, vernalization
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