Article
A molecular framework for auxin-mediated initiation of flower primordia.
Developmental cell - 11 Feb 2013
Yamaguchi Nobutoshi, Wu Miin-Feng, Winter Cara M, Berns Markus C, Nole-Wilson Staci, Yamaguchi Ayako, Coupland George, Krizek Beth A, Wagner Doris
Abstract excerpt
A classical role of the hormone auxin is in the formation of flowers at the periphery of the reproductive shoot apex. Mutants in regulators of polar auxin transport or in the auxin-responsive transcription factor MONOPTEROS (MP) form naked inflorescence "pins" lacking flowers. How auxin maxima and MP direct initiation of flower primordia is poorly understood. Here, we identify three genes whose expression is...
Topics
- Arabidopsis
- Arabidopsis Proteins
- Base Sequence
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Flowers
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Indoleacetic Acids
- Meristem
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Plant Leaves
