An activated form of UFO alters leaf development and produces ectopic floral and inflorescence meristems.

Plants are unique in their ability to continuously produce new meristems and organ primordia. In Arabidopsis, the transcription factor LEAFY (LFY) functions as a master regulator of a gene network that is important for floral meristem and organ specification. UNUSUAL FLORAL ORGANS (UFO) is a co-acti...

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Main Authors: Eddy Risseeuw, Prakash Venglat, Daoquan Xiang, Kristina Komendant, Tim Daskalchuk, Vivijan Babic, William Crosby, Raju Datla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3871548?pdf=render