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Dt2 is a gain-of-function MADS-domain factor gene that specifies semideterminacy in soybean.
The Plant cell - 1 Jul 2014
Ping Jieqing, Liu Yunfeng, Sun Lianjun, Zhao Meixia, Li Yinghui, She Maoyun, Sui Yi, Lin Feng, Liu Xiaodong, Tang Zongxiang, Nguyen Hanh, Tian Zhixi, Qiu Lijuan, Nelson Randall L, Clemente Thomas E, Specht James E, Ma Jianxin
Abstract excerpt
Similar to Arabidopsis thaliana, the wild soybeans (Glycine soja) and many cultivars exhibit indeterminate stem growth specified by the shoot identity gene Dt1, the functional counterpart of Arabidopsis TERMINAL FLOWER1 (TFL1). Mutations in TFL1 and Dt1 both result in the shoot apical meristem (SAM) switching from vegetative to reproductive state to initiate terminal flowering and thus produce determinate stems....
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