Function of the apetala-1 gene during Arabidopsis floral development.

doi:10.1105/tpc.2.8.741

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Function of the apetala-1 gene during Arabidopsis floral development.

The Plant cell - 1 Aug 1990

Irish V F, Sussex I M

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We have characterized the floral phenotypes produced by the recessive homeotic apetala 1-1 (ap1-1) mutation in Arabidopsis. Plants homozygous for this mutation display a homeotic conversion of sepsis into brachts and the concomitant formation of floral buds in the axil of each transformed sepal....

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Arabidopsis
Genes, Homeobox
Genes, Plant
Mutation
Phenotype

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