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tasselseed1 is a lipoxygenase affecting jasmonic acid signaling in sex determination of maize.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 9 Jan 2009
Acosta Iván F, Laparra Hélène, Romero Sandra P, Schmelz Eric, Hamberg Mats, Mottinger John P, Moreno Maria A, Dellaporta Stephen L
Abstract excerpt
Sex determination in maize is controlled by a developmental cascade leading to the formation of unisexual florets derived from an initially bisexual floral meristem. Abortion of pistil primordia in staminate florets is controlled by a tasselseed-mediated cell death process. We positionally cloned and characterized the function of the sex determination gene tasselseed1 (ts1). The TS1 protein encodes a...
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