IFL — Brassica oleracea

Summary

BoIFL (BOLC102_C09P056700.1) on cabbage chromosome 9 encodes a protein with MEKHLA, HD-Zip_III, START, and homeodomain domains, and is associated with DNA-binding transcription factor activity, DNA binding, transcription cis-regulatory region binding, lipid binding, and protein binding. In cabbage, BoIFL is associated with meristem initiation and maintenance, determination of bilateral symmetry, adaxial/abaxial axis specification, radial pattern formation, leaf shaping and vascular tissue pattern formation, xylem development, auxin transport, seed development, and ABA signaling. The gene is linked to shoot apical meristem development, organ patterning, leaf polarity, plant architecture, leaf senescence, secondary cell wall formation, interfascicular fiber differentiation, stem strength, vascular bundle patterning, and auxin polar transport. Related genes in other species link the family to secondary xylem differentiation, leaf adaxial differentiation, salt tolerance, and shoot meristem development.