The CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE Module of the Mediator Complex Promotes Flowering and Reproductive Development in Pea
Aquib Hasan, Jacqueline K. Vander Schoor, Valérie Hecht, James L. Weller
Abstract
Our results establish the conserved importance of the CDK8 module in plants and provide evidence for the function of CYCLIN C1 orthologs in the promotion of flowering and the maintenance of normal reproductive development.
Topics & Concepts
BiologyGeneticsGeneRepressorCyclin-dependent kinase 8Cyclin-dependent kinaseComplementationTranscription factorCell biologyMutantCell cycleNotch signaling pathwayPlant Molecular Biology ResearchLegume Nitrogen Fixing SymbiosisGenetic and Environmental Crop Studies