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Nature 447, 213-217 (10 May 2007) | doi:10.1038/nature05763; Received 22 December 2006; Accepted 21 March 2007; Published online 22 April 2007
A chromatin link that couples cell division to root epidermis patterning in Arabidopsis
Elena Caro1, M. Mar Castellano1,2 & Crisanto Gutierrez1
- Centro de Biologia Molecular 'Severo Ochoa', Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Present address: Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas, CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Correspondence to: Crisanto Gutierrez1 Correspondence and requests for materials should be addressed to C.G. (Email: cgutierrez@cbm.uam.es).
Cell proliferation and cell fate decisions are strictly coupled processes during plant embryogenesis and organogenesis1, 2, 3, 4, 5. In the Arabidopsis thaliana root epidermis, expression of the homeobox GLABRA2 (GL2) gene determines hair/non-hair cell fate6, 7. This requires signalling of positional information from the underlying cortical layer8, 9, complex transcriptional regulation10, 11 and a change in chromatin accessibility12. However, the molecular connections among these factors and with cell division are not known. Here we have identified a GL2-expression modulator, GEM, as an interactor of CDT1, a DNA replication protein. GEM also interacts with TTG1 (TRANSPARENT TESTA GLABRA1), a WD40-repeat protein involved in GL2-dependent cell fate decision, and modulates both cell division and GL2 expression. Here we show that GEM participates in the maintenance of the repressor histone H3K9 methylation status of root patterning genes, providing a link between cell division, fate and differentiation during Arabidopsis root development.
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