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Identification of an allele of VAM3/SYP22 that confers a semi-dwarf phenotype in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Plant & cell physiology - 1 Aug 2005
Ohtomo Ichiro, Ueda Haruko, Shimada Tomoo, Nishiyama Chiaki, Komoto Yasuko, Hara-Nishimura Ikuko, Takahashi Taku
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The short stem and midrib (ssm) mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana show both semi-dwarf and wavy leaf phenotypes due to defects in the elongation of the stem internodes and leaves. Moreover, these abnormalities cannot be recovered by exogenous phytohormones. ssm was originally identified as a single recessive mutant of the ecotype Columbia (Col-0), but genetic crossing experiments have revealed that this mutant...
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