Flower development: repressing reproduction.
The homeotic genes that determine floral organ identity in plants turn out to be regulated by trans-acting factors related to the Polycomb-group proteins that have long been known as regulators of homeotic gene expression in Drosophila.
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Plant Biology Laboratory, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USA. weigel@salk.edu
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