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Rice DECUSSATE controls phyllotaxy by affecting the cytokinin signaling pathway.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Dec 2012
Itoh Jun-ichi, Hibara Ken-ichiro, Kojima Mikiko, Sakakibara Hitoshi, Nagato Yasuo
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Phyllotaxy is defined as the spatial arrangement of leaves on the stem. The mechanism responsible for this extremely regular pattern is one of the most fascinating enigmas in plant biology. In this study, we identified a gene regulating the phyllotactic pattern in rice. Loss-of-function mutants o...
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