Gene Details:

• Gene ID:
• Gene Symbol: ROX1
• Gene Name: Putative ROX1
• Genome:
• Species: Nicotiana tabacum

Functional Descriptions:

• ROX1, a gene induced by rolB, is involved in procambial cell proliferation and xylem differentiation in tobacco stamen.
• Here we isolated a tobacco gene, ROX1, acting downstream of rolB. We show that plants with reduced levels of ROX1 mRNA, due to the expression of a 35S-driven ROX1-antisense construct, have flowers with stamens and pistils longer than normal because of an increased number of cells.
• Localized expression of rolB in anthers results in overexpression of ROX1 and reduced growth of stamens, due to a reduced number of cells.
• The sequence of ROX1 shares a conserved element with a number of plant genes, including TED3, which is involved in xylem differentiation. These results point to a role of ROX1 in the balance between proliferation of procambial cells and xylem differentiation during stamen development.

Function-related keywords:

• xylem ,  growth ,  development ,  plant-development ,  stamen ,  plant-growth ,  cell-proliferation ,  stamen-number

Literature:

• ROX1, a gene induced by rolB, is involved in procambial cell proliferation and xylem differentiation in tobacco stamen.   DOI:  10.1111/j.1365-313X.2006.02934.x ;  PMID:  17233794

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Gene Resources:

• NCBI ID: DQ866831.1
• UniProt accessions: A1BVT0

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