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UFO in the Arabidopsis inflorescence apex is required for floral-meristem identity and bract suppression.
Planta - 1 Mar 2006
Hepworth Shelley R, Klenz Jennifer E, Haughn George W
Abstract excerpt
The UNUSUAL FLORAL ORGANS (UFO) gene of Arabidopsis encodes an F-box protein required for the determination of floral-organ and floral-meristem identity. Mutation of UFO leads to dramatic changes in floral-organ type which are well-characterized whereas inflorescence defects are more subtle and less understood. These defects include an increase in the number of secondary inflorescences, nodes that alternate...
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