A developmental switch sufficient for flower initiation in diverse plants

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Oct 1995 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Nature, volume 377, pages 495-500 (issn: 0028-0836, eissn: 1476-4687,

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Authors: Weigel, D. ; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2114-7963; Nielsson, O.;

doi: 10.1038/377495a0

pmid: 7566146

handle: 21.11116/0000-000C-0820-7

A developmental switch sufficient for flower initiation in diverse plants

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Abstract

We have generated transgenic plants in which the flower-meristem-identity gene LEAFY of Arabidopsis is constitutively expressed. LEAFY is sufficient to determine floral fate in lateral shoot meristems of both Arabidopsis and the heterologous species aspen, with the consequence that flower development is induced precociously. Our results also suggest a new level of regulation during flower development, as indicated by the competence of the main shoot to respond to LEAFY activity.

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Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Sweden
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
United States

Keywords

Homeodomain Proteins, Arabidopsis Proteins, Photoperiod, Arabidopsis, Cell Differentiation, MADS Domain Proteins, Genes, Plant, Plants, Genetically Modified, Trees, DNA-Binding Proteins, Genes, Switch, Plant Proteins, Transcription Factors

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