The maize gene liguleless2 encodes a basic leucine zipper protein involved in the establishment of the leaf blade-sheath boundary

Genes and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 208-218

  Walsh, Justine ^a   Waters, Cynthia A ^a   Freeling, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

bZIP; Leaf development; Ligule; Liguleless2; Maize; Plant

Indexed keywords

DNA; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EMBRYOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031975352     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.2.208     Document Type: Article

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