CORKSCREW1 defines a novel mechanism of domain specification in the maize shoot.

In higher plants, determinate leaf primordia arise in regular patterns on the flanks of the indeterminate shoot apical meristem (SAM). The acquisition of leaf form is then a gradual process, involving the specification and growth of distinct domains within the three leaf axes. The recessive corkscre...

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Main Authors: Alexander, D, Mellor, E, Langdale, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2005