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AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR8 is a negative regulator of fruit initiation in Arabidopsis.
The Plant cell - 1 Aug 2006
Goetz Marc, Vivian-Smith Adam, Johnson Susan D, Koltunow Anna M
Abstract excerpt
Fruit and seed formation in plants is normally initiated after pollination and fertilization, and, in the absence of fertilization, flowers senesce. In the Arabidopsis thaliana mutant fruit without fertilization, a mutation in AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR8 (ARF8) results in the uncoupling of fruit development from pollination and fertilization and gives rise to seedless (parthenocarpic) fruit. Parthenocarpy was...
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