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Ds tagging of BRANCHED FLORETLESS 1 (BFL1) that mediates the transition from spikelet to floret meristem in rice (Oryza sativa L).
BMC plant biology - 23 Sept 2003
Zhu Qian-Hao, Hoque Mohammad Shamsul, Dennis Elizabeth S, Upadhyaya Narayana M
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BACKGROUND: The genetics of spikelet formation, a feature unique to grasses such as rice and maize, is yet to be fully understood, although a number of meristem and organ identity mutants have been isolated and investigated in Arabidopsis and maize. Using a two-element Ac/Ds transposon tagging system we have isolated a rice mutant, designated branched floretless 1 (bfl1) which is defective in the transition from...
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