The Role of the COP/DET/FUS Genes in Light Control of Arabidopsis Seedling Development

Summary of negative regulatory loci of photomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis Dark-Grown Morphology COP/DET Gene Other Names Mutant Seedling Lethality Null Mutant Reis COPl FUS1, EM8168 COP8 FUS8, EMB134 COP9 FUS7, EMB143 COPlO FUS9, EM8 144 COPl I FUS6, EM873 COP12 FUS12 COP13 FUSll COP14 FUS4 COP15 FUS5 DETl FUS2 COPZ AMPl, PTl CO P3 HLSl COP4 DET2 COP7 DET3 PRCl DIM CPD Pleiotropic Pleiotropic Pleiotropic Pleiotropic Pleiotropic Pleiotropic Pleiotropic Pleiotropic Pleiotropic Pleiotropic Open cotyledons Open cotyledons Open cotyledons Short hypocotyl Short hypocotyl Short hypocotyl Short hypocotyl Short hvDocotvl Yes Y es Yes Yes Yes Y es Y es Yes Yes , Yes No No Unknown No Unknown Unknown Unknown No Deng et al., 1991 Wei et a\., 1994 Wei and Deng, 1992 Wei et al., 1994 Wei et al., 1994; Castle and Meinke, 1994 Misera et al., 1994; Kwok 1996 Misera et al., 1994; Kwok et al., 1996 Misera et al., 1994; Kwok et al., 1996 Misera et al., 1994; Kwok et al., 7 996 Chory et al., 1989