GEPHE SUMMARY Print
Gephebase Gene
Entry Status
Published
GepheID
GP00001186
Main curator
Martin
PHENOTYPIC CHANGE
Trait Category
Trait State in Taxon A
Hordeum vulgare - winter cultivar
Trait State in Taxon B
Hordeum vulgare - spring cultivar
Ancestral State
Data not curated
Taxonomic Status
Taxon A
Common Name
-
Synonyms
barley; Hordeum vulgare L.; Horedum vulgare
Rank
species
Lineage
Show more ... yta; Tracheophyta; Euphyllophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliophyta; Mesangiospermae; Liliopsida; Petrosaviidae; commelinids; Poales; Poaceae; BOP clade; Pooideae; Triticodae; Triticeae; Hordeinae; Hordeum
NCBI Taxonomy ID
is Taxon A an Infraspecies?
No
Taxon B
Common Name
-
Synonyms
barley; Hordeum vulgare L.; Horedum vulgare
Rank
species
Lineage
Show more ... yta; Tracheophyta; Euphyllophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliophyta; Mesangiospermae; Liliopsida; Petrosaviidae; commelinids; Poales; Poaceae; BOP clade; Pooideae; Triticodae; Triticeae; Hordeinae; Hordeum
NCBI Taxonomy ID
is Taxon B an Infraspecies?
No
GENOTYPIC CHANGE
Generic Gene Name
VRN2
Synonyms
REDUCED VERNALIZATION RESPONSE 2; At4g16845; dl4450w; FCAALL.23
Sequence Similarities
Belongs to the VEFS (VRN2-EMF2-FIS2-SU(Z)12) family.
UniProtKB
Arabidopsis thaliana
GenebankID or UniProtKB
Presumptive Null
Yes
Molecular Type
Aberration Type
Deletion Size
unknown
Molecular Details of the Mutation
Large deletion
Experimental Evidence
Authors
Yan L; Loukoianov A; Blechl A; Tranquilli G; Ramakrishna W; SanMiguel P; Bennetzen JL; Echenique V; et al. ... show more
Abstract
Plants with a winter growth habit flower earlier when exposed for several weeks to cold temperatures, a process called vernalization. We report here the positional cloning of the wheat vernalization gene VRN2, a dominant repressor of flowering that is down-regulated by vernalization. Loss of function of VRN2, whether by natural mutations or deletions, resulted in spring lines, which do not require vernalization to flower. Reduction of the RNA level of VRN2 by RNA interference accelerated the flowering time of transgenic winter-wheat plants by more than a month.
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