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Auxin controls petal initiation in Arabidopsis.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Jan 2013
Lampugnani Edwin R, Kilinc Aydin, Smyth David R
Abstract excerpt
Floral organs are usually arranged in concentric whorls of sepals, petals, stamens and carpels. How founder cells of these organs are specified is unknown. In Arabidopsis, the PETAL LOSS (PTL) transcription factor functions in the sepal whorl, where it restricts the size of the inter-sepal zone. Genetic evidence suggests that PTL acts to support a petal initiation signal active in the adjacent whorl. Here we...
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