Article
Bracteomania, an inflorescence anomaly, is caused by the loss of function of the MADS-box gene squamosa in Antirrhinum majus.
The EMBO journal - 1 Apr 1992
Huijser P, Klein J, Lönnig W E, Meijer H, Saedler H, Sommer H
Abstract excerpt
Anomalous flowering of the Antirrhinum majus mutant squamosa (squa) is characterized by excessive formation of bracts and the production of relatively few and often malformed or incomplete flowers. To study the function of squamosa in the commitment of an inflorescence lateral meristem to floral development, the gene was cloned and its genomic structure, a well as that of four mutant alleles, was determined. SQUA...
Topics
- Alleles
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- DNA
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Exons
- Gene Library
- Introns
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Plant Proteins