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Originally published as Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print on May 27, 2009.
Genetics, Vol. 182, 1381-1385, August 2009, Copyright © 2009
doi:10.1534/genetics.109.104737
Molecular Isolation of the M Gene Suggests That a Conserved-Residue Conversion Induces the Formation of Bisexual Flowers in Cucumber Plants
Zheng Li*,1,
Sanwen Huang
,1,
Shiqiang Liu,1,
Junsong Pan*,
Zhonghua Zhang,
Qianyi Tao*,
Qiuxiang Shi,
Zhiqi Jia,
Weiwei Zhang*,
Huiming Chen
,
Longting Si
,
Lihuang Zhu** and
Run Cai*,2
* School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240, China, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agriculture Sciences, Beijing 100081, China, Hunan Vegetable Research Institute, Hunan Academy of Agriculture Sciences, Changsha 410125, China, School of Horticulture, Shenyang Agriculture University, Shenyang 110161, China and ** Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
2 Corresponding author: Shanghai Jiaotong University, Dongchuan Rd., No. 800, Shanghai 200240, China.
E-mail: cairun{at}sjtu.edu.cn
Sex determination in plants involves a variety of mechanisms. Here, we report the map-based cloning and characterization of the unisexual-flower-controlling gene M. M was identified as a previously characterized putative 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid synthase gene, while the m allele that mutated at a conserved site (Gly33Cys) lost activity in the original enzymatically active allele.
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