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Changes in the shapes of leaves and flowers upon overexpression of cytochrome P450 in Arabidopsis.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 3 Aug 1999
Kim G T, Tsukaya H, Saito Y, Uchimiya H
Abstract excerpt
In Arabidopsis, the two-dimensional expansion of leaves is regulated via the polarized elongation of cells. The ROTUNDIFOLIA3 (ROT3) protein, a member of the family of cytochromes P450, is involved in this process and regulates leaf length. Transgenic plants that overexpressed a wild-type ROT3 gene had longer leaves than parent plants, without any changes in leaf width. The shapes of floral organs were also...
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