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Fig. 5. Phenotypic analysis of brl mutants and genetic combinations of
double and triple mutants with bri1. Mature plants of (A) Col-0 wild
type, (B) brl1-2 (C), and brl3 mutants were taken for
histological analysis of the vascular tissues. Since no apparent phenotype was
observed for any of the brl1 alleles, only brl1-2 is shown.
(D) bri1-5 mature plants (left) compared with the double mutant
bri1-5 brl1-1 (right), where bri1-5 dwarfism is enhanced.
(E) Cross section of an inflorescence stem showing the organization of a
Toluidine Blue-stained vascular bundle of Ws-2 ecotype. (F) brl1-1
shows an increased amount of phloem compared to the xylem in the vascular
bundles. (G) bri1-5 shows an increased differentiation of the phloem
at the expense of the xylem and enlarged phloem cap cells compared with
wild-type plants. (H) The aberrant vasculature in the bri1-5 brl1-1
double mutant consists of small vascular bundles where the small phloem cells
are placed between the xylem and less differentiated than the wild type, and
has dramatically enlarged phloem cap cells. (I) Schematic representation of
the Arabidopsis vascular system at the basal part of the
inflorescence stem of a mature plant. In wild-type plants, there are six to
eight vascular bundles arranged in a radial pattern. The activity of the
procambial cells (yellow) gives rise to phloem (red) tissue in the outer part
and the xylem (blue) in the inner part of the vascular bundle. Pictures shown
in this figure show the anatomy of a single vascular bundle (black box). Cross
section of an inflorescence stem showing the organization of a Toluidine
Blue-stained vascular bundle of Col-0 ecotype. (J,K) brl1-2 and
brl3 in Col-0 background show normal vascular bundles. (L) A
biosynthetic mutant, det2-1, shows similar defects to those of the
bri1 mutants. (M) Plants overexpressing the BRI1 receptor
(Wang et al., 2001) show
increased xylem differentiation in the vascular bundles. (N,O)
bri1-101 mutant phenotype and triple mutants bri1-101 brl1-2
brl3. (P) Vascular bundle in bri1-101 mutants. (Q) Vascular
bundle bri1-101 brl1-2 brl3 mutants showing reduced vascular
differentiation and unusual formation of phloem fibers. Phc, phloem cap cell;
ph, phloem; x, xylem; if, interfascicular xylem). Scale bar: 10 mm in A-D,N,O;
20 µm in E-M,P,Q.
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