Flower development. Origin of the cauliflower.

doi:10.1016/s0960-9822(95)00072-8

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Flower development. Origin of the cauliflower.

Current biology : CB - 1 Apr 1995

Smyth D R

Abstract excerpt

A mutant gene that is responsible for generating cauliflower-like heads in the model laboratory plant Arabidopsis has been cloned, and the same gene has been shown to be mutant in edible cauliflowers.

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Arabidopsis
Arabidopsis Proteins
Brassica
DNA-Binding Proteins
MADS Domain Proteins
Mutation
Plant Proteins

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