The axr2-1 mutation of Arabidopsis thaliana is a gain-of-function mutation that disrupts an early step in auxin response.

doi:10.1093/genetics/138.4.1239

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The axr2-1 mutation of Arabidopsis thaliana is a gain-of-function mutation that disrupts an early step in auxin response.

Genetics - 1 Dec 1994

Timpte C, Wilson A K, Estelle M

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The dominant axr2-1 mutation of Arabidopsis thaliana confers resistance to the plant hormones auxin, ethylene, and abscisic acid. In addition, axr2-1 has pleiotropic effects on plant morphology which include gravitropic defects in roots, hypocotyls and inflorescences of axr2-1 plants. Two genetic...

Topics

Arabidopsis
Arabidopsis Proteins
Chromosome Mapping
Gamma Rays
Gene Deletion
Gene Dosage
Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
Genes, Dominant
Genes, Plant
Genes, Recessive
Indoleacetic Acids
Mutation
Phenotype
Plant Proteins
Pollen

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