Papers in the Biological Sciences
Date of this Version
1989
Citation
The Plant Cell, Vol. 1, 1051-1055, November 1989
Abstract
We are using the formation of trichomes in Arabidopsis thaliana as a model system to study gene expression during cellular differentiation. To initiate the molecular characterization of this system, we tagged and isolated a gene that is specifically required for the development of the specialized trichome cell. We confirmed the identity of this gene, GLABROUS1 (GL1), by complementation. These results demonstrate that a crucial gene in a plant developmental pathway can be successfully identified by complementation.
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Copyright 1989 American Society of Plant Physiologists