Chapter title |
Master Regulatory Transcription Factors in Plant Development: A Blooming Perspective
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Chapter number | 1 |
Book title |
Plant Transcription Factors
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Published in |
Methods in molecular biology, January 2018
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DOI | 10.1007/978-1-4939-8657-6_1 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-1-4939-8656-9, 978-1-4939-8657-6
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Authors |
Kerstin Kaufmann, Chiara A. Airoldi, Kaufmann, Kerstin, Airoldi, Chiara A. |
Abstract |
Transcription factors that trigger major developmental decisions in plants and animals are termed "master regulators". Such master regulators are classically seen as acting on the top of a regulatory hierarchy that determines a complete developmental program, and they usually encode transcription factors. Here, we introduce master regulators of flowering time and flower development as examples to show how analysis of molecular interactions and gene-regulatory networks in plants has changed our view on the molecular mechanisms by which these factors control developmental processes. A picture has emerged that emphasizes a complex combinatorial interplay in determining cell-type transcriptional programs, and a high level of feedback control. The expression of master regulators themselves is usually regulated by multiple factors integrating environmental and endogenous spatiotemporal cues. Master regulatory transcription factors regulate gene expression by different mechanisms, including modifications in chromatin status in the bound regions. A poorly understood phenomenon is how developmental master regulators exert functions in different cell- and organ types. This is especially relevant for those factors that have important functions in several developmental processes. |
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