Antagonistic genes control rice growth

Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - 16:49 in Biology & Nature

Palo Alto, CA -- Scientists at the Carnegie Institution, with colleagues,* have found that a plant steroid prompts two genes to battle each other -- one suppresses the other to ensure that leaves grow normally in rice and the experimental plant Arabidopsis thaliana, a relative of mustard. ...

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