Article
Role of petunia pMADS3 in determination of floral organ and meristem identity, as revealed by its loss of function.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Oct 2002
Kapoor Meenu, Tsuda Shinzo, Tanaka Yoshikazu, Mayama Tomoko, Okuyama Yohei, Tsuchimoto Suguru, Takatsuji Hiroshi
Abstract excerpt
pMADS3, a petunia class C gene, is the candidate homologue of Arabidopsis AGAMOUS (AG), which is involved in the specification of stamens and carpels. We report the characterization of loss-of-function phenotype of pMADS3 that resulted from silencing of this gene. Silencing of pMADS3 resulted in homeotic conversion of stamens into petaloid structures, whereas the carpels were only weakly affected. Ectopic...
Topics
- Flowers
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Gene Silencing
- Genes, Plant
- Glucuronidase
- MADS Domain Proteins
- Meristem
- Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
- Molecular Sequence Data