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To investigate the regulatory roles of gibberellin (GA) and abscisic acid (ABA) during seed development and germination using chemical inhibitor screening.

July 1, 1992The Plant JournalOpen Access

A mutant of Arabidopsis which is defective in seed development and storage protein accumulation is a new abi3 allele

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ENEiji NambaraUniversity of Toronto SNSatoshi NaitoNagoya University PMPeter McCourtUniversity of Toronto

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Mutational analysis reveals essential roles of ABI3 in seed storage protein synthesis and desiccation tolerance in Arabidopsis, highlighting key hormone regulatory pathways.

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To investigate the regulatory roles of gibberellin (GA) and abscisic acid (ABA) during seed development and germination using chemical inhibitor screening.
Screened Arabidopsis mutants for abnormal germination profiles in the presence of the GA biosynthetic inhibitor uniconazol.
Characterized developmental phenotypes, storage protein accumulation, and mRNA expression in a mutant line harboring a novel ABI3 allele.
The mutant germinated in the presence of uniconazol due to a distinct mutation in the ABI3 gene.
Mutant seeds exhibited dramatically reduced storage protein accumulation caused by suppressed storage protein mRNA levels.
Embryos remained green throughout development, lacked desiccation tolerance, and produced non-dormant immature seeds.

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Nambara et al. (1992) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6faf3726770c2b8de01cd5 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-313x.1992.00435.x

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Mutational analysis reveals essential roles of ABI3 in seed storage protein synthesis and desiccation tolerance in Arabidopsis, highlighting key hormone regulatory pathways.

A mutant of Arabidopsis which is defective in seed development and storage protein accumulation is a new abi3 allele

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A mutant of Arabidopsis which is defective in seed development and storage protein accumulation is a new abi3 allele

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