Global Gene Expression of Seed Coat Tissues Reveals a Potential Mechanism of Regulating Seed Size Formation in Castor Bean

• Published in: International journal of molecular sciences Vol. 20; no. 6; p. 1282
• Main Authors: Yu, Anmin, Wang, Zaiqing, Zhang, Yang, Li, Fei, Liu, Aizhong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 14.03.2019; MDPI
• Subjects: Alcohol; Biosynthesis; castor bean; Cell division; Cell growth; Cell size; Cell walls; Cellulose; Coating; Embryos; Endosperm; Gene expression; Gene Expression Profiling - methods; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; Gene Ontology; Gene Regulatory Networks; Hemicellulose; High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing; Lignin; Lignin - biosynthesis; Mutation; Oilseeds; Phylogeny; Plant growth; Plant Proteins - genetics; Plant reproduction; Ricinus communis - anatomy & histology; Ricinus communis - genetics; Ricinus communis - metabolism; seed coat; Seed coats; seed size; Seeds; Seeds - anatomy & histology; Seeds - genetics; Seeds - metabolism; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Transcription factors; cell division; lignin; castor bean; seed coat; seed size

The physiological and molecular basis of seed size formation is complex, and the development of seed coat (derived from integument cells) might be a critical factor that determines seed size formation for many endospermic seeds. Castor bean ( L.), a model system of studying seed biology, has large a...