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. 2022 Feb 22;13:825341. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.825341

TABLE 1.

TCP genes implicated in cell growth in Arabidopsis thaliana embryonic organs.

TCP genes TCP class Organ Function References
TCP20 I Hypocotyl Root Reduces cell elongation by targeting cellulose synthase genes Herve et al., 2009
TCP1 I Hypocotyl Petiole Promotes hypocotyl elongation by activating BR-biosynthetic gene DWARF4 Guo et al., 2010
TCP14, 15 I Hypocotyl Induce GA-biosynthetic gene GA20ox1 and cell expansion regulators PRE1, HBI1 Ferrero et al., 2019
TCP7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22, 23 I Hypocotyl Promote endoreplication-mediated cell expansion by directly activating CYCD1;1 Zhang et al., 2019
TCP14, 15 I Hypocotyl Enhance cell elongation by direct activation of several auxin-response genes Ferrero et al., 2021
TCP3 II Hypocotyl Elongates hypocotyl when miR319-resistant version is overexpressed Koyama et al., 2007
TCP3 II Hypocotyl Cotyledon Suppresses auxin response by activating IAA3/SHY2 and SAUR genes Koyama et al., 2010a
TCP4 II Hypocotyl Cotyledon Promotes hypocotyl elongation when hyperactivated Sarvepalli and Nath, 2011a
TCP24 II Hypocotyl Represses photomorphogenic growth in miR319-dependent manner Tsai et al., 2014
TCP2 II Hypocotyl Cotyledon Promotes photomorphogenic growth by activating HY5 and HYH He et al., 2016, 2021
TCP4, 2, 3, 10, 24 II Hypocotyl Enhance hypocotyl cell elongation by directly activating YUC5 Challa et al., 2016
TCP17 II Hypocotyl Promotes shade-induced hypocotyl growth by activating PIFs and YUCs Zhou et al., 2018
TCP17, 5, 13 II Hypocotyl Promote thermoresponsive hypocotyl growth by physical interaction with PIF4 and CRY1 Zhou et al., 2019
TCP5, 13, 17 II Hypocotyl Promote thermomorphogenic hypocotyl elongation along with PIF4 Han et al., 2019
TCP4 II Cotyledon Promotes cotyledon opening through SAUR genes during seedling de-etiolation Dong et al., 2019