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NASC ID: N3087

Name: apetala

ABRC stock number: CS3087

Description: Flowering

Donation Date: 1993-06-01

Donated by:  California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Elliot Meyerowitz

Stock type: individual line

Material type: seed

Status Price (£)
Currently unavailable £11.00

Germplasm Info

Seed type: Single marker

Mutagen: ethylmethane sulfonate

Background: Ler

Growth requirement: none

Associated Polymorphisms

When available, select a locus to display it at the AIP or view the EMBL record at the EBI.

Gene: Allele: Locus: AGI code:
  • ap3-4
  • ap3
EMBL accession:

Phenotype

lacks petals: homeotic transformations of petals to sepals, and stamens to carpels; siliques are often misshapen;maintained as heterozygote.

References

Jack, T. Brockman, L.L. & Meyerowitz, E.M. 1992. The homeotic gene APETALA3 of Arabidopsis thaliana encodes a MADS box and is expressed in petals and stamens. Cell 68(4):683-97.PubMed ID: 1346756.