Article
Arabidopsis floral homeotic gene BELL (BEL1) controls ovule development through negative regulation of AGAMOUS gene (AG).
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 21 Jun 1994
Ray A, Robinson-Beers K, Ray S, Baker S C, Lang J D, Preuss D, Milligan S B, Gasser C S
Abstract excerpt
Ovules are the developmental precursors of seeds. In angiosperms the ovules are enclosed within the central floral organs, the carpels. We have identified a homeotic mutation in Arabidopsis, "bell" (bel1), which causes transformation of ovule integuments into carpels. In situ hybridization analys...
Topics
- Arabidopsis
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Genes, Homeobox
- Genes, Plant
- In Situ Hybridization
- Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
- Mutation
- Transformation, Genetic