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The BLADE-ON-PETIOLE genes are essential for abscission zone formation in Arabidopsis.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Apr 2008
McKim Sarah M, Stenvik Grethe-Elisabeth, Butenko Melinka A, Kristiansen Wenche, Cho Sung Ki, Hepworth Shelley R, Aalen Reidunn B, Haughn George W
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The Arabidopsis BLADE-ON-PETIOLE 1 (BOP1) and BOP2 genes encode redundant transcription factors that promote morphological asymmetry during leaf and floral development. Loss-of-function bop1 bop2 mutants display a range of developmental defects, including a loss of floral organ abscission. Abscission occurs along specialised cell files, called abscission zones (AZs) that develop at the junction between the...
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