Article
Green corolla segments in a wild Petunia species caused by a mutation in FBP2, a SEPALLATA-like MADS box gene.
Planta - 1 Aug 2008
Matsubara Kiyoshi, Shimamura Katsuyoshi, Kodama Hiroaki, Kokubun Hisashi, Watanabe Hitoshi, Basualdo Isabel L, Ando Toshio
Abstract excerpt
A Petunia inflata isolate with a novel phenotype of a purple corolla limb with green corolla segments (GCS) was characterized. The GCS have stomata and trichomes on the adaxial side, and resemble calyx segments in epidermal morphology. The GCS phenotype was inherited in a recessive manner. In the...
Topics
- Alleles
- Blotting, Northern
- Chromosome Segregation
- Down-Regulation
- Flowers
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Genes, Plant
- Inheritance Patterns
- MADS Domain Proteins
- Mutation
- Petunia
- Phenotype
- Plant Proteins
- Plant Stomata
- Up-Regulation