Figure 5.
ER family members act upstream of DA1 to regulate outer integument cell proliferation. A–E, Quantification of the number of cells and perimeter of the outer integument in seeds at 0 or 8 DAP. The plants used in the genetic crosses were: er105 (er), er105 erl2-1 (er erl2), da1-1, UBP15pro:UBP15-GFP (gUBP15), ERpro:ER-4myc (gER-4myc), and ubp15-1 (ubp15). Error bars indicate the mean ± sd (n > 14). Statistically significant differences are indicated by different lowercase letters (one-way ANOVA, P < 0.05). F, Immunoblots showing the abundance of DA1-YFP and UBP15-GFP in 2 DAP seeds from DA1pro:DA1-YFP (gDA1-YFP)- or gUBP15-GFP-expressing WT (Col-0), er105 erl1-2 (er erl1), or er105 erl2-1 (er erl2) mutant plants, respectively, using anti-GFP antibody. G, Quantitation of the relative DA1-YFP or UBP15-GFP immunoblot signals in (F) using the anti-tubulin signal as an equal loading control. Error bars indicate the mean ± sd. Statistically significant differences are indicated by *(P < 0.05) or **(P < 0.01), two-tailed Student’s t test.
