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The 160 bp Insertion in the Promoter of Rht-B1i Plays a Vital Role in Increasing Wheat Height

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Title
The 160 bp Insertion in the Promoter of Rht-B1i Plays a Vital Role in Increasing Wheat Height
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Frontiers in Plant Science, March 2016
DOI 10.3389/fpls.2016.00307
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Xueyuan Lou, Xin Li, Aixia Li, Mingyu Pu, Muhammad Shoaib, Dongcheng Liu, Jiazhu Sun, Aimin Zhang, Wenlong Yang

Abstract

The extensive use of two alleles (Rht-B1b and Rht-D1b) at the Rht-1 locus in wheat allowed dramatic increases in yields, triggering the so-called "Green Revolution." Here, we found that a new natural allelic variation (Rht-B1i) containing a single missense SNP (A614G) in the coding region significantly increased plant height against the genetic background of both Rht-D1a (11.68%) and Rht-D1b (7.89%). To elucidate the molecular mechanism of Rht-B1i, we investigated the promoter region. Sequence analysis showed that the Rht-B1i promoter could be divided into two classes depending on the presence or absence of a specific 160 bp insertion: Rht-B1i-1 (with the 160 bp insertion) and Rht-B1i-2 (without the 160 bp insertion). The promoter of Rht-B1i-1 contained 32 more possible cis-acting elements than Rht-B1a, including a unique auxin response element AUXREPSIAA4. Quantitative RT-PCR analysis indicated that the 160 bp insertion is likely to promote the transcription of the Rht-B1i-1 gene. The coleoptile lengths of wheat varieties treated with IAA, GA3, and IAA/GA3, combined with the histochemical staining of transgenic Arabidopsis containing the Rht-B1i-1 promoter, showed that the height-increasing effect of Rht-B1i-1 may be due to the synergistic action of IAA and GA3. These results augment our understanding of the regulatory mechanisms of Rht-1 in wheat and provide new genetic resources for wheat improvement.

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Country Count As %
Mexico 1 5%
Unknown 19 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 25%
Researcher 5 25%
Student > Master 2 10%
Student > Bachelor 1 5%
Other 1 5%
Other 1 5%
Unknown 5 25%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 10 50%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 20%
Social Sciences 1 5%
Medicine and Dentistry 1 5%
Unknown 4 20%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 March 2016.
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#17,793,546
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#12,051
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#204,965
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#260
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