| Literature DB >> 10102817 |
M Tsiantis1, R Schneeberger, J F Golz, M Freeling, J A Langdale.
Abstract
Leaves of higher plants develop in a sequential manner from the shoot apical meristem. Previously it was determined that perturbed leaf development in maize rough sheath2 (rs2) mutant plants results from ectopic expression of knotted1-like (knox) homeobox genes. Here, the rs2 gene sequence was found to be similar to the Antirrhinum PHANTASTICA (PHAN) gene sequence, which encodes a Myb-like transcription factor. RS2 and PHAN are both required to prevent the accumulation of knox gene products in maize and Antirrhinum leaves, respectively. However, rs2 and phan mutant phenotypes differ, highlighting fundamental differences in monocot and dicot leaf development programs.Entities:
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Year: 1999 PMID: 10102817 DOI: 10.1126/science.284.5411.154
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728