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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Arun A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6368402 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
eLife 20190115
Three amino acid loop extension homeodomain transcription factors (TALE HD TFs) act as life cycle regulators in green algae and land plants. In mosses these regulators are required for the deployment of the sporophyte developmental program. We demonstrate that mutations in either of two TALE HD TF genes, <i>OUROBOROS</i> or <i>SAMSARA</i>, in the brown alga <i>Ectocarpus</i> result in conversion of the sporophyte generation into a gametophyte. The OUROBOROS and SAMSARA proteins heterodimerise in ...[more]