Table 1.

Mutations affecting ABCE genes in different species.

Organism	Gene name	Loss of function caused by	Phenotype	References
Drosophila melanogaster	pixie	Strong hypomorphic alleles	Recessive lethal	Coelho et al., 2005a,b
		Weak hypomorphic alleles	Slow growth; disproportionate organ sizes; slender bristles; eye roughening	Coelho et al., 2005a,b
Caenorhabditis elegans	abce-1	RNAi	Slow growth; embryonic lethality	Kamath et al., 2003; Zhao et al., 2004
Danio rerio	abce1	Retroviral insertional allele	Small head and eyes; underdeveloped liver and gut; pericardial edema; lethal at 5 days post-fertilization	Amsterdam et al., 2004
Xenopus laevis	abce1	Antisense ABCE1 morpholino oligonucleotides	Arrested growth at the gastrula stage	Chen et al., 2006
Cardamine hirsuta	SIL3; ChRLI2	Hypomorphic allele	Reduced growth; small and simple leaves; delayed leaf initiation; reduced auxin signaling; reduced cell proliferation; high rates of endoreplication	Kougioumoutzi et al., 2013
Nicotiana benthamiana	RLIh	Virus-induced gene silencing	Reduced growth; distorted leaves; whitened veins; reduced cell size and number	Petersen et al., 2004