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Overexpression of SlREV alters the development of the flower pedicel abscission zone and fruit formation in tomato.
Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology - 1 Dec 2014
Hu Guojian, Fan Jing, Xian Zhiqiang, Huang Wei, Lin Dongbo, Li Zhengguo
Abstract excerpt
Versatile roles of REVOLUTA (REV), a Class III homeodomain-leucine zipper (HD-ZIP III) transcription factor, have been depicted mainly in Arabidopsis and Populus. In this study, we investigated the functions of its tomato homolog, namely SlREV. Overexpression of a microRNA166-resistant version of SlREV (35S::REV(Ris)) not only resulted in vegetative abnormalities such as curly leaves and fasciated stems, but also...
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