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. 2012 Sep;24(9):3486.
doi: 10.1105/tpc.112.240911. Epub 2012 Sep 21.

Why wiry? Tomato mutants reveal connections among small RNAs, auxin response factors, virus infection, and leaf morphology

Jennifer Mach  1
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Why wiry? Tomato mutants reveal connections among small RNAs, auxin response factors, virus infection, and leaf morphology

Jennifer Mach. Plant Cell. 2012 Sep.
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The tomato wiry phenotype can be recapitulated by ta-siRNA-insensitive ARFs. Top row, wild-type tomato plant (left) and wiry mutant (right); bottom row, transgenic plants expressing ARF3 insensitive to ta-siRNAs (left) and ARF4 insensitive to ta-siRNAs (right). (Figure courtesy of Tamar Yifhar and Yossi Capua.)
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