TY - JOUR TI - Regulation of potato tuberization by daylength and gibberellins AU - Amador, V AU - Bou, J AU - Martinez-Garcia, J AU - Monte, E AU - Rodriguez-Falcon, M AU - Russo, E AU - Prat, S T2 - The International Journal of Developmental Biology AB - Tuberization of S. tuberosum ssp andigena is induced by short days (SD) and prevented by long days (LD) or by interruption of the long nights with a 30 min night break (SD+NB). Antisense inhibition of the StGA20ox1 gene, encoding the GA 20-oxidase biosynthetic enzyme results in early tuberization in SD, but does not overcome the need of SD conditions for tuber induction. Using RT-PCR differential display of leaves from plants grown under inductive (SD) and non-inductive (SD+NB) conditions we have isolated clone PHOR1 encoding a novel arm-repeat containing protein with homology to Drosophila armadillo. PHOR1 mRNA oscillates with a diurnal rhythm and is up-regulated in plants induced for tuberization. Transgenic lines inhibited in PHOR1 expression are semi-dwarf and show a reduced response to GAs, which is consistent with a function of PHOR1 in GA signaling. These results indicate that changes in GA sensitivity are involved in mediating tuber induction. PY - 2001 VL - 45 IS - S1 SP - S37 EP - S38 J2 - Int. J. Dev. Biol. LA - en SN - 0214-6282 SN - 1696-3547 UR - https://ijdb.ehu.eus/article/01450037 Y2 - 2024/05/02/21:51:52 ER -