Auxin Is Required for Leaf Vein Pattern in Arabidopsis

• Leslie E. Sieburth

  Department of Biology, McGill University, 1205 Dr. Penfield Avenue, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 1B1 and Department of Biology University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112

抄録

To investigate possible roles of polar auxin transport in vein patterning, cotyledon and leaf vein patterns were compared for plants grown in medium containing polar auxin transport inhibitors (N-1-naphthylphthalamic acid, 9-hydroxyfluorene-9-carboxylic acid, and 2,3,5-triiodobenzoic acid) and in medium containing a less well-characterized inhibitor of auxin-mediated processes, 2-(p-chlorophynoxy)-2-methylpropionic acid. Cotyledon vein pattern was not affected by any inhibitor treatments, although vein morphology was altered. In contrast, leaf vein pattern was affected by inhibitor treatments. Growth in polar auxin transport inhibitors resulted in leaves that lacked vascular continuity through the petiole and had broad, loosely organized midveins, an increased number of secondary veins, and a dense band of misshapen tracheary elements adjacent to the leaf margin. Analysis of leaf vein pattern developmental time courses suggested that the primary vein did not develop in polar auxin transport inhibitor-grown plants, and that the broad midvein observed in these seedlings resulted from the coalescence of proximal regions of secondary veins. Possible models for leaf vein patterning that could account for these observations are discussed.

収録刊行物

• Plant Physiology

  Plant Physiology 121 (4), 1179-1190, 1999-12-01

  Oxford University Press (OUP)

キーワード

• Plant Science
• Genetics
• Physiology

詳細情報

• CRID: 1360292620731686912
• NII論文ID: 30019359417
• DOI: 10.1104/pp.121.4.1179
• ISSN: 15322548
• ISSN: 00320889
• Web Site: http://academic.oup.com/plphys/article-pdf/121/4/1179/38669663/plphys_v121_4_1179.pdf
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