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Involvement of the CYP78A subfamily of cytochrome P450 monooxygenases in protonema growth and gametophore formation in the moss Physcomitrella patens.
Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry - 1 Jan 2011
Katsumata Takumi, Fukazawa Jutarou, Magome Hiroshi, Jikumaru Yusuke, Kamiya Yuji, Natsume Masahiro, Kawaide Hiroshi, Yamaguchi Shinjiro
Abstract excerpt
CYP78 is a plant-specific family of cytochrome P450 monooxygenases, some members of which regulate the plastochron length and organ size in angiosperms. The CYP78 family appears to be highly conserved in land plants, but there have been no reports on the role of CYP78s in bryophytes. The moss, Physcomitrella patens, possesses two CYP78As, CYP78A27 and CYP78A28. We produced single and double mutants and...
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