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A dominant mutant receptor from Arabidopsis confers ethylene insensitivity in heterologous plants

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Ethylene (C2H4) is a gaseous hormone that affects many aspects of plant growth and development. Ethylene perception requires specific receptors and a signal transduction pathway to coordinate downstream responses. The etr1-1 gene of Arabidopsis encodes a mutated receptor that confers dominant ethylene insensitivity. Evidence is presented here that etr1-1 also causes significant delays in fruit ripening, flower senescence, and flower abscission when expressed in tomato and petunia plants. The ability of etr1-1 to function in heterologous plants suggests that this pathway of hormone recognition and response is highly conserved and can be manipulated.

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  1. Jack Q. Wilkinson

    Present address: Calgene, Inc., 1920 Fifth Street, Davis, CA, 95616

  2. Michael B. Lanahan

    Present address: Ciba-Geigy Corp., P.O. Box 12257, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709

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  1. Ceregen Technology, Monsanto Company, 700 Chesterfield Village Parkway North, Chesterfield, MO, 63198

    Jack Q. Wilkinson

  2. Department of Environmental Horticulture, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611

    David G. Clark

  3. Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706

    Anthony B. Bleecker

  4. Department of Plant Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742

    Caren Chang

  5. Division of Biology 156-29, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125

    Elliot M. Meyerowitz

  6. Department of Horticultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611

    Harry J. Klee

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Wilkinson, J., Lanahan, M., Clark, D. et al. A dominant mutant receptor from Arabidopsis confers ethylene insensitivity in heterologous plants. Nat Biotechnol 15, 444–447 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0597-444

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