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The establishment of axial patterning in the maize leaf.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Aug 2004
Foster Toshi, Hay Angela, Johnston Robyn, Hake Sarah
Abstract excerpt
The maize leaf consists of four distinct tissues along its proximodistal axis: sheath, ligule, auricle and blade. liguleless1 (lg1) functions cell autonomously to specify ligule and auricle, and may propagate a signal that correctly positions the blade-sheath boundary. The dominant Wavy auricle in blade (Wab1) mutation disrupts both the mediolateral and proximodistal axes of the maize leaf. Wab1 leaf blades are...
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