Functional analysis of the two Brassica AP3 genes involved in apetalous and stamen carpelloid phenotypes.

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Functional analysis of the two Brassica AP3 genes involved in apetalous and stamen carpelloid phenotypes.

PloS one - 1 Jan 2011

Zhang Yanfeng, Wang Xuefang, Zhang Wenxue, Yu Fei, Tian Jianhua, Li Dianrong, Guo Aiguang

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The Arabidopsis homeotic genes APETALA3 (AP3) and PISTILLATA (PI) are B genes which encode MADS-box transcription factors and specify petal and stamen identities. In the current study, the stamen carpelloid (SC) mutants, HGMS and AMS, of B. rapa and B. napus were investigated and two types of AP3...

Topics

Brassica
Flowers
Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
Phenotype
Plant Proteins
Plants, Genetically Modified

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