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Penelope L Lindsay1,2, Fang Xu1, Lei Liu1

  • 1Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, 11724, USA.

The New phytologist
|January 26, 2026
PubMed
概括

玉米水晶系统的维护涉及FASCIATED EAR 3 (FEA3) 蛋白质,该蛋白质与几乎没有任何水晶系统1D (BAM1D) 相互作用. 它们在花大小中的对抗作用揭示了复杂的CLAVATA信号相互作用.

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