Characterisation of a leafy homologue, a gene regulating floral meristem identitiy, from the long day plant Silene coeli-rosa
The LFY gene, which has now been isolated in at least 17 species, is important in the transition from vegetative to reproductive growth. The floral meristems of lfy mutants exhibited increased inflorescence characteristics, and constitutive expression of the gene was sufficient to convert lateral in...
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Cardiff University
2000
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.665675 |