Abstract

Background

Hormones are crucial to plant life and development. Being able to follow the plants hormonal response to various stimuli and throughout developmental processes is an important and increasingly widespread tool. The phytohormone cytokinin (CK) has crucial roles in the regulation of plant growth and development.

Results

Here we describe a version of the CK sensor Two Component signaling Sensor (TCS), referred to as TCSv2. TCSv2 has a different arrangement of binding motifs when compared to previous TCS versions, resulting in increased sensitivity in some examined tissues. Here, we examine the CK responsiveness and distribution pattern of TCSv2 in arabidopsis and tomato.

Conclusions

The increased sensitivity and reported expression pattern of TCSv2 make it an ideal TCS version to study CK response in particular hosts, such as tomato, and particular tissues, such as leaves and flowers.

Details

Title
Characterization of the cytokinin sensor TCSv2 in arabidopsis and tomato
Author
Steiner, Evyatar; Israeli, Alon; Gupta, Rupali; Shwartz, Ido; Ido Nir; Leibman-Markus, Meirav; Tal, Lior; Farber, Mika; Amsalem, Ziva; Ori, Naomi; Müller, Bruno; Bar, Maya  VIAFID ORCID Logo 
Pages
1-12
Section
Methodology
Publication year
2020
Publication date
2020
Publisher
BioMed Central
e-ISSN
17464811
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13007-020-00694-2
ProQuest document ID
2462222819
Copyright
© 2020. This work is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.