El control de la identidad del meristema espikelet por el gen ramificado silkless1 en el maíz

George Chuck1, Michael Muszynski, Elizabeth Kellogg

  • 1Plant Gene Expression Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, 800 Buchanan Street, Albany, CA 94710, USA. gchuck@nature.berkeley.edu

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|November 9, 2002
PubMed
Resumen

La mutación del gen branched silkless1 (bd1) en el maíz altera el desarrollo de los espigones, haciendo que se formen ramas en lugar de las estructuras esenciales que llevan el grano. Esta investigación identifica bd1 como un factor de transcripción clave que regula la arquitectura de la inflorescencia de la hierba.

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