Reverse Genetic Analysis of Transcription Factor Os Hox9, a Member of Homeobox Family, in Rice

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2014-06-16
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Homeoboxtranscriptionfactorsparticipateinthegrowthanddevelopmentofplantsbyregulatingcelldifferentiation,morphogenesisandenvironmentalsignalresponse.Torevealthefunctionsofthesetranscriptionfactorsinrice,weconstructedtheRNAivectorsofOsHox9,amemberofhomeoboxfamily,andanalyzedthefunctionofOsHox9usingreversegenetics.TheplantheightandtilleringnumberofRNAitransgenicplantsdecreasedcomparedwiththoseofwild-typeplants.Reversetranscription-polymerasechainreactionanalysisshowedthatOsHox9expressionreducedinthetransgenicplantswithphenotypicvariance,whereasthatinthetransgenicplantswithoutphenotypicvariancewassimilartothatinthewild-typeplants.ThisresultsuggeststhatthephenotypesofthetransgenicplantswerecausedbyRNAieffects.Thetissue-specificityofOsHox9expressionindicatedthatitwasexpressedindifferentorgans,withhighexpressioninstemapicalmeristemandyoungpanicles.SubcellularlocationofOsHox9demonstratedthatitwaslocalizedonthecellmembrane.