The maize gene liguleless2 encodes a basic leucine zipper protein involved in the establishment of the leaf blade-sheath boundary.

doi:10.1101/gad.12.2.208

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The maize gene liguleless2 encodes a basic leucine zipper protein involved in the establishment of the leaf blade-sheath boundary.

Genes & development - 15 Jan 1998

Walsh J, Waters C A, Freeling M

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The blade and sheath of a maize leaf are separated by a linear epidermal fringe, the ligule, and two wedge-like structures, the auricles. In plants homozygous for the null mutation, liguleless2-reference (lg2-R), the ligule and auricles are often absent or positioned incorrectly and the blade-she...

Topics

Amino Acid Sequence
Base Sequence
Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors
Leucine Zippers
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Plant Proteins
Polymerase Chain Reaction
RNA, Messenger
Transcription, Genetic
Zea mays

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