Fig. 5

Expression of seven MlGT43 genes in Arabidopsis irx9 or irx14 mutants. a RT-PCR detection of the MlGT43 transcripts in the complemented irx9 or irx14 plants. The Arabidopsis UBQ10 gene was used as a reference. b, d, f Phenotype of four-, six- and eight-week-old soil-grown WT, irx9 and MlGT43s complemented irx9 plants. c, e, g Phenotype of four-, six- and eight-week-old soil-grown WT, irx14 and MlGT43s complemented irx14 plants. h Stem height of the WT, irx9 and MlGT43s complemented irx9 plants through 40, 47, 57 days of growth. i Stem height of the WT, irx14 and MlGT43s complemented irx14 plants through 40, 47, 57 days of growth. Data are means ± SD from at least twelve plants for each background. Two homozygous T3 lines of MlGT43s complemented irx9 or irx14 were used in the analysis