Article
A novel role of BELL1-like homeobox genes, PENNYWISE and POUND-FOOLISH, in floral patterning.
Planta - 1 Feb 2009
Yu Lifeng, Patibanda Varun, Smith Harley M S
Abstract excerpt
Flowers are determinate shoots comprised of perianth and reproductive organs displayed in a whorled phyllotactic pattern. Floral organ identity genes display region-specific expression patterns in the developing flower. In Arabidopsis, floral organ identity genes are activated by LEAFY (LFY), which functions with region-specific co-regulators, UNUSUAL FLORAL ORGANS (UFO) and WUSCHEL (WUS), to up-regulate homeotic...
Topics
- Arabidopsis
- Arabidopsis Proteins
- Body Patterning
- Crosses, Genetic
- Flowers
- Genes, Homeobox
- Homeodomain Proteins
- Phenotype
- RNA, Messenger
- Repressor Proteins
- Transcription Factors
