Intervention effectmodel-written summary

LbSTI overexpression increased salt gland number in Limonium bicolor.

A claim from The LbMUG3-LbSTI regulatory module mediates salt gland development and salinity tolerance in recretohalophyte Limonium bicolor · 2026

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

LbSTI overexpression increased salt gland number in Limonium bicolor.

Taxon: L. bicolorLimonium bicolore0
Treatment: overexpressing LbSTIe0
Gene: LbSTIe0
Outcome: salt glandse0
Direction: moree0
Comparator: non-transformed controlse0

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Verbatim

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“In L. bicolor, plants overexpressing LbSTI produced more salt glands, exhibited increased salt secretion and greater tolerance to salinity stress compared with non-transformed controls”
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Title

The LbMUG3-LbSTI regulatory module mediates salt gland development and salinity tolerance in recretohalophyte Limonium bicolor

Jianglu Zhu; Yiyang Feng; Hai Fan; et al. Annals of Botany 2026. doi:10.1093/aob/mcag036

Other claims from this paper (10)

Observation LbSTI was specifically expressed in Limonium bicolor salt glands.
Intervention effect LbSTI overexpression increased salt secretion in Limonium bicolor.
Intervention effect LbSTI overexpression increased salinity tolerance in Limonium bicolor.
Intervention effect LbSTI silencing produced opposite salt gland, secretion, and tolerance phenotypes.
Intervention effect LbSTI increased trichome development in Arabidopsis wild type and sti mutant plants.
Intervention effect LbSTI increased salinity tolerance in Arabidopsis wild type and sti mutant plants.
Observation LbMUG3 bound the LbSTI promoter.
Mechanism LbMUG3 inhibited LbSTI transcription.
Mechanism LbMUG3 delayed salt gland development.
Intervention effect Silencing LbMUG3 upregulated LbSTI expression.

Record rev-e9aec2891eb4debd09dc3ed080e503c0dbe7a2a2134ec1c3e8e39325843dd0c1 · schema claims-v0.9 · position 2 in the model’s answer

Functional evidence on LbSTI

Claims that state a gain or loss of function of this gene and what it did to a trait, compared with wild type or a control.

LbSTI

Limonium bicolor1 paper · 1 traitTested in one paper only

Only one paper in the store tests this gene's function in Limonium bicolor.

Salt tolerance1 paper

Promotes
LbSTI overexpression increased salt gland number in Limonium bicolor.
The LbMUG3-LbSTI regulatory module mediates salt gland development and salinity tolerance in recretohalophyte Limonium bicolor · 2026
gain of function → more of the traitThis claim
Promotes
LbSTI overexpression increased salt secretion in Limonium bicolor.
The LbMUG3-LbSTI regulatory module mediates salt gland development and salinity tolerance in recretohalophyte Limonium bicolor · 2026
gain of function → more of the trait
Promotes
LbSTI overexpression increased salinity tolerance in Limonium bicolor.
The LbMUG3-LbSTI regulatory module mediates salt gland development and salinity tolerance in recretohalophyte Limonium bicolor · 2026
gain of function → more of the trait

The program reads each claim's manipulation and the direction of the trait, and from them the gene's role (gain and more, or loss and less, means it promotes the trait). Roles are read by program from each claim's wording. Pairs of papers on the same host, gene and trait were checked claim by claim by two model readers; a pair is marked checked only when both accept it. Gene layer v0.8, 21 trait classes.