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PETAL LOSS, a trihelix transcription factor gene, regulates perianth architecture in the Arabidopsis flower.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Aug 2004
Brewer Philip B, Howles Paul A, Dorian Kristen, Griffith Megan E, Ishida Tetsuya, Kaplan-Levy Ruth N, Kilinc Aydin, Smyth David R
Abstract excerpt
Perianth development is specifically disrupted in mutants of the PETAL LOSS (PTL) gene, particularly petal initiation and orientation. We have cloned PTL and show that it encodes a plant-specific trihelix transcription factor, one of a family previously known only as regulators of light-controlled genes. PTL transcripts were detected in the early-developing flower, in four zones between the initiating sepals and...
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