posted on 2024-11-14, 15:39authored byXiaoping Li, Yuanyuan Ma, Pengli Li, Liwen Zhang, Yong Wang, Ren Zhang, Ningning Wang
Leaf senescence that occurs in the last stage of leaf development is a genetically programmed process. It is very significant to elucidate the molecular mechanisms that control the initiation and progression of leaf senescence and the way the senescence signal is transduced. In a previous study on artificially induced soybean leaf senescence, we cloned a novel gene designatedrlpk2 (Genbank Accession No. AY687391) that encodes a leucine-rich repeat (LRR) receptor like protein kinase. The expression level ofrlpk2 gene was shown to be strongly up-regulated during both the natural leaf senescence process in this report and the artificially induced primary-leaf-senescence process in our previous work. The RNA interference (RNAi)-mediated knocking-down ofrlpk2 dramatically retarded both the natural and nutrient deficiency-induced leaf senescence in transgenic soybean. The transgenic leaves showed more cell-aggregated surface structure and higher content of chlorophyll.
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Li, X., Ma, Y., Li, P., Zhang, L., Wang, Y., Zhang, R. and Wang, N. (2005). RNAi-mediated knocking-down of rlpk2 gene retarded soybean leaf senescence. Chinese Science Bulletin, 50 1218-1224.