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The Arabidopsis heterochronic gene ZIPPY is an ARGONAUTE family member.
Current biology : CB - 30 Sept 2003
Hunter Christine, Sun Hui, Poethig R Scott
Abstract excerpt
Plants progress through a temporal sequence of juvenile, adult, and reproductive phases, each marked by the expression of phase-specific traits. Here we show that loss-of-function mutations in ZIPPY (ZIP) cause the premature expression of adult vegetative traits but do not accelerate the onset of reproductive competence or flowering time. ZIP encodes ARGONAUTE7 (AGO7), one of ten members of the ARGONAUTE family...
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