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Alternate transcripts of a floral developmental regulator have both distinct and redundant functions in opium poppy.
Annals of botany - 1 Jun 2011
Hands Philip, Vosnakis Nikolaos, Betts Donna, Irish Vivian F, Drea Sinéad
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The MADS-box transcription factor AGAMOUS (AG) is an important regulator of stamen and fruit identity as well as floral meristem determinacy in a number of core eudicots and monocots. However, its role outside of these groups has not been assessed explicitly. Examining its role in opium poppy, a basal eudicot, could uncover much about the evolution and development of flower and fruit...
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