Trichome development in Arabidopsis thaliana. II. Isolation and complementation of the GLABROUS1 gene

Herman, P.L.; Marks, M.D.

Trichome development in Arabidopsis thaliana. II. Isolation and complementation of the GLABROUS1 gene

1989

Herman, P.L. | Marks, M.D.

We are using the formation of trichomes in Arabidopsis thaliana as a model system to study gene expression during cellular differentiation. To initiate the molecular characterization of this system, we tagged and isolated a gene that is specifically required for the development of the specialized trichome cell. We confirmed the identity of this gene, GLABROUS1 (GL1), by complementation. These results demonstrate that a crucial gene in a plant developmental pathway can be successfully identified by complementation.

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