PETAL LOSS gene regulates initiation and orientation of second whorl organs in the Arabidopsis flower.

doi:10.1242/dev.126.24.5635

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PETAL LOSS gene regulates initiation and orientation of second whorl organs in the Arabidopsis flower.

Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Dec 1999

Griffith M E, da Silva Conceição A, Smyth D R

Abstract excerpt

PETAL LOSS is a new class of flower development gene whose mutant phenotype is confined mostly to the second whorl. Two properties are disrupted, organ initiation and organ orientation. Initiation is frequently blocked, especially in later-formed flowers, or variably delayed. The few petals that...

Topics

Arabidopsis
Genes, Plant
Mutagenesis
Phenotype
Plant Proteins
Plant Structures

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