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1 PHO1 Exports Phosphate from the Chalazal Seed Coat to the Embryo in Developing Arabidopsis Seeds 
Evangelia Vogiatzaki, Célia Baroux, Ji-Yul Jung, Yves Poirier  Current Biology  Volume 27, Issue 19, Pages e3 (October 2017) DOI: /j.cub Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 Expression Pattern of PHO1 and PHOH1 in Reproductive Tissues and Developing Seeds PHO1-GUS (A–C) and PHOH1-GUS (D–F) fusion proteins expressed in anthers and pistils before pollen release (A and D) and during the globular (B and E) and mature green stage (C and F) of seed development. MSC, micropylar seed coat; CZSC, chalazal seed coat. See also Figures S1–S3 and S7. Current Biology  , e3DOI: ( /j.cub ) Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

3 Figure 2 Expression Pattern of PHO1-GUS during Ovule Development
PHO1-GUS was expressed in the megaspore mother cell (MMC) of ovules at the 3-I stage (A), in the L1 layer and the functional megaspore (FM) of the ovules between stage 3-II early 2-nucleate (B), stage 3-II late 2-nucleate (C) and stage 3-V (D), and in the inner integuments (I.I.) of the stage 3-V (E), 3-VI (F) and 4-II (G). Scale bars, 50 μm. See also Figure S2. Current Biology  , e3DOI: ( /j.cub ) Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

4 Figure 3 Size, Pi Content, and P Content in Seeds Produced from WT/WT, DM1.1/WT, and DM2.4/WT Plants (A) Distribution of size (the x axis represents the seed area measured as pixels using ImageJ) of fully mature dry seeds. (B) Average weight of 100 mature dry seeds. Error bars denote SDs, with n = 7. (C and D) P (C) and Pi (D) content of fully mature dry seeds. Error bars denote SDs, with n = 4. For (B)–(D), there was no statistical difference (p > 0.05) from the WT/WT control according to the Student’s t test. See also Figures S4 and S5. Current Biology  , e3DOI: ( /j.cub ) Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

5 Figure 4 33P and 35S Distribution between the Seed Coat and Embryo in Mutant Seeds at the Mature Green Stage of Development For all panels, black and gray represent the % value of radioactivity distribution between the seed coat and embryo, respectively, after 18 hr of supply of either 33PO4 (A and B) or 35SO4 (C and D) to the inflorescence. Error bars denote SDs, with n = 8–10. Asterisks denote statistical significance (p < 0.05) compared to the WT/WT control according to the Student’s t test. Current Biology  , e3DOI: ( /j.cub ) Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

6 Figure 5 Specific Expression of PHO1-GFP in the CZSC Complements the P Distribution Phenotype at the Mature Green Stage of Development (A) Localization of the PHO1-GFP fusion protein expressed using the CZSC-specific promoter pARR22 (right) compared to the WT control (left). CZSC; chalazal seed coat. (B and C) Black and gray represent the % value of radioactivity distribution between the seed coat and embryo, respectively, after 18 hr of supply of either 33PO4 (B) or 35SO4 (C) to the inflorescence. Error bars denote SDs, with n = 8–10. The asterisk denotes statistical significance (p < 0.05) compared to the WT/WT control according to the Student’s t test. Current Biology  , e3DOI: ( /j.cub ) Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

7 Figure 6 33P and 35S Distribution between the Seed Coat and Embryo in Seeds at the Mature Green Stage of Development in Plants Expressing a CZSC-Specific amiRNA Targeting PHO1 Seeds from two independent transgenic lines (amiRNA1.2 and amiRNA2.3) were compared to WT. Black and gray represent the % value of radioactivity distribution between the seed coat and embryo, respectively, after 18 hr of supply of either 33PO4 (A) or 35SO4 (B) to the inflorescence. Error bars denote SDs, with n = 8–10. Asterisks denote statistical significance (p < 0.05) compared to the WT control according to the Student’s t test. See also Figure S6. Current Biology  , e3DOI: ( /j.cub ) Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

8 Figure 7 Total P Distribution between the Seed Coat and Embryo in Seeds Black and gray represent the % value of P between the seed coat and embryo, respectively. Analysis of P distribution from seeds (A) at the mature green stage of development or (B and C) in fully mature dry seeds. Error bars denote SDs, with n = 8–10. Asterisks denote statistical significance (p < 0.05) compared to the WT/WT control according to the Student’s t test. Current Biology  , e3DOI: ( /j.cub ) Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions


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