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UNIFOLIATA regulates leaf and flower morphogenesis in pea.
Current biology : CB - 1 Aug 1997
Hofer J, Turner L, Hellens R, Ambrose M, Matthews P, Michael A, Ellis N
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The vegetative phenotype of the pea mutant unifoliata (uni) is a simplification of the wild-type compound leaf to a single leaflet. Mutant uni plants are also self-sterile and the flowers resemble known floral meristem and organ identity mutants. In Antirrhinum and Arabidopsis, mutations in the floral meristem identity gene FLORICAULA/LEAFY (FLO/LFY) affect flower development alone, whereas the...
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