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The research aims to investigate the role of the HAT4 gene in plant development and its function as a transcription factor.

March 1, 1993Genes & DevelopmentOpen Access

The HAT4 gene of Arabidopsis encodes a developmental regulator.

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The research aims to investigate the role of the HAT4 gene in plant development and its function as a transcription factor.
Functional studies conducted in yeast and transgenic Arabidopsis plants.
Point mutants of HAT4 isolated to identify critical residues within the HD-Zip domain.
Transgenic plants created to evaluate changes in HAT4 expression and resultant developmental phenotypes.
Transgenic plants with altered HAT4 expression displayed noticeable changes in morphology.
Point mutations corresponded to conserved residues in known homeo domains and leucine zippers, highlighting functional significance of HAT4.
HAT4 is proposed as a novel developmental regulator unique to higher plants.

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Randomized trial explores HAT4's role in plant development, suggesting it may define new transcription factors.

Schena et al. (1993) studied this question.

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