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Overexpression of a petunia zinc-finger gene alters cytokinin metabolism and plant forms.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Feb 2005
Nakagawa Hitoshi, Jiang Chang-Jie, Sakakibara Hitoshi, Kojima Mikiko, Honda Ichiro, Ajisaka Hidetoshi, Nishijima Takaaki, Koshioka Masaji, Homma Tamaki, Mander Lewis N, Takatsuji Hiroshi
Abstract excerpt
Shoot branching and plant height are among the key factors that define the overall architecture of plants. We found that overexpression of a cDNA for a zinc-finger protein of petunia, designated Lateral shoot-Inducing Factor (LIF), in transgenic petunia plants resulted in a dramatic increase in lateral shoots and reduced plant height. LIF overexpression also caused a decrease in the number of cells in the stem,...
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