Cytokinin Response Factor 9 Represses Cytokinin Responses in Flower Development

Christine Swinka1, Eva Hellmann1, Paul Zwack2

  • 1Institut für Angewandte Genetik, Freie Universität Berlin, Albrecht Thaer Weg 6, 14195 Berlin, Germany.

Summary

Cytokinin Response Factor 9 (CRF9) acts as a transcriptional repressor in Arabidopsis, regulating reproductive development. This finding reveals CRF9

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