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The GURKE gene is required for normal organization of the apical region in the Arabidopsis embryo.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Dec 1996
Torres-Ruiz R A, Lohner A, Jürgens G
Abstract excerpt
Dicot plant embryos undergo a transition from radial to bilateral symmetry. In Arabidopsis, this change reflects patterning within the apical region, resulting in the formation of the cotyledon and shoot meristem primordia. Mutations in the GURKE gene give seedlings with highly reduced or no cotyledons. Both strong and weak gurke alleles confer this phenotypic variability although strong alleles often eliminate...
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