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TH1, a DUF640 domain-like gene controls lemma and palea development in rice.
Plant molecular biology - 1 Mar 2012
Li Xiaojiao, Sun Lianjun, Tan Lubin, Liu Fengxia, Zhu Zuofeng, Fu Yongcai, Sun Xianyou, Sun Xuewen, Xie Daoxin, Sun Chuanqing
Abstract excerpt
The developmental regulation of grasses lemma and palea and their relationship to the floral organs in dicots had been variously explicated and extensively debated. Here, we characterized a triangular hull mutant th1-1 from EMS-mutagenized Oryza sativa ssp. indica cv. 93-11. The th1-1 mutant exhibited obviously triangular hull with tortuous and slender lemma/palea. Using a map-based cloning strategy, the TH1 gene...
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