Nature Communications (Jan 2016)

Genetic basis for glandular trichome formation in cotton

  • Dan Ma,
  • Yan Hu,
  • Changqing Yang,
  • Bingliang Liu,
  • Lei Fang,
  • Qun Wan,
  • Wenhua Liang,
  • Gaofu Mei,
  • Lingjian Wang,
  • Haiping Wang,
  • Linyun Ding,
  • Chenguang Dong,
  • Mengqiao Pan,
  • Jiedan Chen,
  • Sen Wang,
  • Shuqi Chen,
  • Caiping Cai,
  • Xiefei Zhu,
  • Xueying Guan,
  • Baoliang Zhou,
  • Shuijin Zhu,
  • Jiawei Wang,
  • Wangzhen Guo,
  • Xiaoya Chen,
  • Tianzhen Zhang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10456
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Cotton plants are characterized by the presence of darkly pigmented glands that accumulate metabolites that contribute to plant defence but limit the use of cottonseed as food. Here, Ma et al. provide evidence that GoPGF, a bHLH transcription factor, is responsible for gland formation.