Ectopic expression of HOS1 causes silencing
of HOS1 expression and mimics the hos1 mutant
phenotypes. Ten-day-old wild-type seedlings (WT), hos1, and
T2 progenies of a wild-type plant containing the
35S–HOS1 construct (designated as line #4) were incubated at
0°C for 24 h before the bioluminescence image was taken. (A)
Picture of wild-type, hos1, and T2 progenies of
transgenic line #4. (B) Bioluminescence image of plants in
A. (C) Quantification of the luminescence intensities
in B. Shown are the averages and standard deviations
(n = 15). T2 progenies of the #4 line were
segregated into two groups, which are designated #4-high and #4-low,
corresponding to those exhibiting high expression and low expression of
RD29A–LUC, respectively. (D) Reduced HOS1
transcript abundance in the #4 cosuppression plants, as determined by
quantitative RT–PCR.