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Role of PHABULOSA and PHAVOLUTA in determining radial patterning in shoots.
Nature - 7 Jun 2001
McConnell J R, Emery J, Eshed Y, Bao N, Bowman J, Barton M K
Abstract excerpt
The upper side of the angiosperm leaf is specialized for efficient capture of sunlight whereas the lower side is specialized for gas exchange. In Arabidopsis, the establishment of polarity in the leaf probably requires the generation and perception of positional information along the radial (adaxial versus abaxial or central versus peripheral) dimension of the plant. This is because the future upper (adaxial)...
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