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Tuberculate fruit gene Tu encodes a C2 H2 zinc finger protein that is required for the warty fruit phenotype in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.).
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Jun 2014
Yang Xuqin, Zhang Weiwei, He Huanle, Nie Jingtao, Bie Beibei, Zhao Junlong, Ren Guoliang, Li Yue, Zhang Dabing, Pan Junsong, Cai Run
Abstract excerpt
Cucumber fruits that have tubercules and spines (trichomes) are known to possess a warty (Wty) phenotype. In this study, the tuberculate fruit gene Tu was identified by map-based cloning, and was found to encode a transcription factor (TF) with a single C2 H2 zinc finger domain. Tu was identified in all 38 Wty lines examined, and was completely absent from all 56 non-warty (nWty) lines. Cucumber plants transgenic...
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