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Beyond the Genetic Pathways, Flowering Regulation Complexity in Arabidopsis thaliana

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms22115716

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flowering transition; genetic regulatory network; multilevel regulation

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  1. UNAM-DGAPA-PAPIIT [IN206220, IN203220, IN200920, IN211721]
  2. CONACyT [102987, 102959]

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This article summarizes the critical developmental transition of flowering in Arabidopsis thaliana and the complex relationships within the flowering regulatory network. Internal and environmental signals cooperate to regulate flowering, ensuring successful reproduction in plants. At different growth stages, plants will prevent or induce the expression of flowering genes based on their needs.
Flowering is one of the most critical developmental transitions in plants' life. The irreversible change from the vegetative to the reproductive stage is strictly controlled to ensure the progeny's success. In Arabidopsis thaliana, seven flowering genetic pathways have been described under specific growth conditions. However, the evidence condensed here suggest that these pathways are tightly interconnected in a complex multilevel regulatory network. In this review, we pursue an integrative approach emphasizing the molecular interactions among the flowering regulatory network components. We also consider that the same regulatory network prevents or induces flowering phase change in response to internal cues modulated by environmental signals. In this sense, we describe how during the vegetative phase of development it is essential to prevent the expression of flowering promoting genes until they are required. Then, we mention flowering regulation under suboptimal growing temperatures, such as those in autumn and winter. We next expose the requirement of endogenous signals in flowering, and finally, the acceleration of this transition by long-day photoperiod and temperature rise signals allowing A. thaliana to bloom in spring and summer seasons. With this approach, we aim to provide an initial systemic view to help the reader integrate this complex developmental process.

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