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Loss-of-function mutations in the maize homeobox gene, knotted1, are defective in shoot meristem maintenance.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Aug 1997
Kerstetter R A, Laudencia-Chingcuanco D, Smith L G, Hake S
Abstract excerpt
The product of the maize homeobox gene, knotted1 (kn1), localizes to the nuclei of cells in shoot meristems, but is absent from portions of the meristem where leaf primordia or floral organs initiate. Recessive mutant alleles of kn1 were obtained by screening for loss of the dominant leaf phenotype in maize. Mutant kn1 alleles carrying nonsense, splicing and frame shift mutations cause severe inflorescence and...
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