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Control of leaf morphogenesis by microRNAs.
Nature - 18 Sept 2003
Palatnik Javier F, Allen Edwards, Wu Xuelin, Schommer Carla, Schwab Rebecca, Carrington James C, Weigel Detlef
Abstract excerpt
Plants with altered microRNA metabolism have pleiotropic developmental defects, but direct evidence for microRNAs regulating specific aspects of plant morphogenesis has been lacking. In a genetic screen, we identified the JAW locus, which produces a microRNA that can guide messenger RNA cleavage of several TCP genes controlling leaf development. MicroRNA-guided cleavage of TCP4 mRNA is necessary to prevent...
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