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Isolation and Characterization of Novel Mutants Affecting the Abscisic Acid Sensitivity of Arabidopsis Germination and Seedling Growth
1 Graduate School of Integrated Science, Yokohama City University, 1-7-29 Suehiro, Tsurumi, Yokohama, 230-0045 Japan
2 Plant Molecular Biology, RIKEN Tsukuba Institute, 3-1-1 Koyadai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0074 Japan
3 Plant Functions, RIKEN Wako Institute, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198 Japan
4 Plant Functional Genomics Research Group, Genomic Sciences Center, RIKEN Yokohama Institute, 1-7-22 Suehiro, Tsurumi, Yokohama, 230-0045 Japan
To gain more insight into ABA signaling mechanisms, we conducted genetic screens searching for mutants with altered ABA response in germination and post-germination growth. We isolated seven putative ABA-hypersensitive Arabidopsis mutants and named them ABA-hypersensitive germination (ahg). These mutants exhibited diminished germination or growth ability on medium supplemented with ABA. We further studied four of them: ahg1, ahg2, ahg3 and ahg4. Mapping suggested that they were new ABA-hypersensitive loci. Characterization showed that all of them had enhanced sensitivity to salinity and high osmotic stress in germinating seeds, whereas they each had distinct sugar responses. RT–PCR experiments showed that the expression patterns of the ABA-inducible genes RAB18, AtEm1, AtEm6 and ABI5 in germinating seeds were affected by these four ahg mutations, whereas those of ABI3 and ABI4 were not. ahg4 displayed slightly increased mRNA levels of several ABA-inducible genes upon ABA treatment. By contrast, ahg1 had no clear ABA-hypersensitive phenotypes in adult plants despite its strong phenotype in germination. These results suggest that ahg1, ahg2, ahg3 and ahg4 are novel ABA-hypersensitive mutants representing distinct components in the ABA response.
5 Corresponding author: E-mail, hirayama{at}gsc.riken.jp; Fax, +81-45-508-7363.
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