Gene Details:

• Gene ID:
• Gene Symbol: MtSERF1
• Gene Name: SOMATIC EMBRYO RELATED FACTOR1
• Genome:
• Species: Medicago truncatula

Functional Descriptions:

• The transcription factor MtSERF1 of the ERF subfamily identified by transcriptional profiling is required for somatic embryogenesis induced by auxin plus cytokinin in Medicago truncatula.
• M. truncatula SOMATIC EMBRYO RELATED FACTOR1 (MtSERF1), is induced by ethylene and is expressed in embryogenic calli. MtSERF1 is strongly expressed in the globular somatic embryo and there is high expression in a small group of cells in the developing shoot meristem of the heart-stage embryo.
• RNA interference knockdown of MtSERF1 gene causes strong inhibition of SE.
• We also provide evidence that MtSERF1 is expressed in zygotic embryos. MtSERF1 appears to be essential for SE and may enable a connection between stress and development.

Function-related keywords:

• transcription-factor ,  development ,  shoot ,  auxin ,  stress ,  ethylene ,  cytokinin ,  meristem ,  embryo ,  somatic-embryogenesis ,  embryo-development ,  calli ,  shoot-meristem

Literature:

• The transcription factor MtSERF1 of the ERF subfamily identified by transcriptional profiling is required for somatic embryogenesis induced by auxin plus cytokinin in Medicago truncatula.   DOI:  10.1104/pp.107.110379 ;  PMID:  18235037

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Gene Resources:

• NCBI ID: JF357924.1
• UniProt accessions: B7FKR1

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Sequences:

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