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liguleless1 encodes a nuclear-localized protein required for induction of ligules and auricles during maize leaf organogenesis.
Genes & development - 1 Mar 1997
Moreno M A, Harper L C, Krueger R W, Dellaporta S L, Freeling M
Abstract excerpt
The maize ligule and auricle are structures on the maize leaf that develop at the boundary of the sheath and blade. In the absence of liguleless1 (Ig1) gene expression, ligule and auricle are not formed, and the blade-sheath boundary does not develop as an exact line between sheath and blade. By using the Activator (Ac) transposable element as a molecular tag, a novel Ig1 allele, Ig1-m1, was isolated and cloned....
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