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A LEAFY co-regulator encoded by UNUSUAL FLORAL ORGANS.
Current biology : CB - 1 Feb 1997
Lee I, Wolfe D S, Nilsson O, Weigel D
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: . Development of petals and stamens in Arabidopsis flowers requires the function of the organ-identity gene APETALA3 (AP3), whose RNA is expressed specifically in petal and stamen primordia. AP3 expression is positively regulated by the meristem-identity gene LEAFY (LFY), which is expressed ubiquitously in young flowers. It is unknown how the transition from ubiquitous expression of LFY to...
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