Tomoyuki Furuya, Natsumi Saegusa, Shohei Yamaoka, Yuki Tomoita, Naoki Minamino, Masaki Niwa, Keisuke Inoue, Chiaki Yamamoto, Kazuki Motomura, Shunji Shimadzu, Ryuichi Nishihama, Kimitsune Ishizaki, Takashi Ueda, Hidehiro Fukaki, Takayuki Kohchi, Hiroo Fukuda, Masahiro Kasahara, Takashi Araki, Yuki Kondo
Gametogenesis, which is essential to the sexual reproductive system, has drastically changed during plant evolution. Bryophytes, lycophytes and ferns develop reproductive organs called gametangia-antheridia and archegonia for sperm and egg production, respectively. However, the molecular mechanism of early gametangium development remains unclear. Here we identified a 'non-canonical' type of BZR/BES transcription factor, MpBZR3, as a regulator of gametangium development in a model bryophyte, Marchantia polymorpha...
April 11, 2024: Nature Plants