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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5909
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-12-19
pubmed:abstractText
The circadian oscillator in eukaryotes consists of several interlocking feedback loops through which the expression of clock genes is controlled. It is generally assumed that all plant cells contain essentially identical and cell-autonomous multiloop clocks. Here, we show that the circadian clock in the roots of mature Arabidopsis plants differs markedly from that in the shoots and that the root clock is synchronized by a photosynthesis-related signal from the shoot. Two of the feedback loops of the plant circadian clock are disengaged in roots, because two key clock components, the transcription factors CCA1 and LHY, are able to inhibit gene expression in shoots but not in roots. Thus, the plant clock is organ-specific but not organ-autonomous.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1095-9203
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
19
pubmed:volume
322
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1832-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19095940-Arabidopsis, pubmed-meshheading:19095940-Arabidopsis Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19095940-Biological Clocks, pubmed-meshheading:19095940-Circadian Rhythm, pubmed-meshheading:19095940-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19095940-Darkness, pubmed-meshheading:19095940-Diuron, pubmed-meshheading:19095940-Feedback, Physiological, pubmed-meshheading:19095940-Gene Expression Regulation, Plant, pubmed-meshheading:19095940-Genes, Plant, pubmed-meshheading:19095940-Light, pubmed-meshheading:19095940-Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:19095940-Photosynthesis, pubmed-meshheading:19095940-Plant Roots, pubmed-meshheading:19095940-Plant Shoots, pubmed-meshheading:19095940-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:19095940-Transcription Factors
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
The circadian clock in Arabidopsis roots is a simplified slave version of the clock in shoots.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't