Mutations of Arabidopsis thaliana that transform leaves into cotyledons.

doi:10.1073/pnas.94.19.10209

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Mutations of Arabidopsis thaliana that transform leaves into cotyledons.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 16 Sept 1997

Conway L J, Poethig R S

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We describe mutations of three genes in Arabidopsis thaliana-extra cotyledon1 (xtc1), extra cotyledon2 (xtc2), and altered meristem programming1 (amp1)-that transform leaves into cotyledons. In all three of these mutations, this transformation is associated with a change in the timing of events i...

Topics

Arabidopsis
Cotyledon
Mutation
Phenotype
Plant Leaves
Plant Proteins
Seeds

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