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SUBMITTER: Cai Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7501822 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cai Yanling Y Bartholomew Ezra S ES Dong Mingming M Zhai Xuling X Yin Shuai S Zhang Yaqi Y Feng Zhongxuan Z Wu Licai L Liu Wan W Shan Nan N Zhang Xiao X Ren Huazhong H Liu Xingwang X
Journal of experimental botany 20200901 18
Cucumber is dioecious by nature, having both male and female flowers, and is a model system for unisexual flower development. Knowledge related to male flowering is limited, but it is reported to be regulated by transcription factors and hormone signals. Here, we report functional characterization of the cucumber (Cucumis sativus) GL2-LIKE gene, which encodes a homeodomain leucine zipper (HD-ZIP) IV transcription factor that plays an important role in regulating male flower development. Spatial- ...[more]