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The protein encoded by the Arabidopsis homeotic gene agamous resembles transcription factors

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Mutations in the homeotic gene agamous of the plant Arabidopsis cause the transformation of the floral sex organs. Cloning and sequence analysis of agamous suggest that it encodes a protein with a high degree of sequence similarity to the DNA-binding region of transcription factors from yeast and humans and to the product of a homeotic gene from Antirrhinum. The agamous gene therefore probably encodes a transcription factor that regulates genes determining stamen and carpel development in wild-type flowers.

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  1. Martin F. Yanofsky

    Present address: Department of Biology C-016, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California, 92093, USA

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    Present address: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, P.O. Box 100, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, 11724, USA

  3. Kenneth A. Feldmann: E. I. DuPont de Nemours and Co., Wilmington, Delaware 19880, USA

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    Martin F. Yanofsky, Hong Ma, John L. Bowman, Gary N. Drews, Kenneth A. Feldmann & Elliot M. Meyerowitz

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Yanofsky, M., Ma, H., Bowman, J. et al. The protein encoded by the Arabidopsis homeotic gene agamous resembles transcription factors. Nature 346, 35–39 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1038/346035a0

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