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Auxin response factors ARF6 and ARF8 promote jasmonic acid production and flower maturation.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Sept 2005
Nagpal Punita, Ellis Christine M, Weber Hans, Ploense Sara E, Barkawi Lana S, Guilfoyle Thomas J, Hagen Gretchen, Alonso José M, Cohen Jerry D, Farmer Edward E, Ecker Joseph R, Reed Jason W
Abstract excerpt
Pollination in flowering plants requires that anthers release pollen when the gynoecium is competent to support fertilization. We show that in Arabidopsis thaliana, two paralogous auxin response transcription factors, ARF6 and ARF8, regulate both stamen and gynoecium maturation. arf6 arf8 double-null mutant flowers arrested as infertile closed buds with short petals, short stamen filaments, undehisced anthers...
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