Article
Diversification of C-function activity in maize flower development.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 29 Nov 1996
Mena M, Ambrose B A, Meeley R B, Briggs S P, Yanofsky M F, Schmidt R J
Abstract excerpt
The Arabidopsis gene AGAMOUS is required for male and female reproductive organ development and for floral determinacy. Reverse genetics allowed the isolation of a transposon-induced mutation in ZAG1, the maize homolog of AGAMOUS. ZAG1 mutants exhibited a loss of determinacy, but the identity of reproductive organs was largely unaffected. This suggested a redundancy in maize sex organ specification that led to...
Topics
- Alleles
- Amino Acid Sequence
- DNA Transposable Elements
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Gene Expression
- Genes, Plant
- MADS Domain Proteins
- Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Morphogenesis
- Mutation