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Claim · model-written summary
Twenty-nine CKX genes were identified across four wild Petunia species and a garden petunia line, with five or six members per genome.
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Title
Linxia Zhang; Shuting Zhang; Jinfang Xu; et al. Scientia Horticulturae 2026. doi:10.1016/j.scienta.2026.114631
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Observation CKX genes were classified into five clades in angiosperms, with PhCKXs distributed across four of them.
- Observation Promoter analysis identified cis-elements responsive to light, hormones and stress in petunia CKX genes.
- Observation PhCKX genes showed tissue- and stage-specific expression patterns across tissues and flower development stages.
- Association Expression levels of PhCKX3 and PhCKX7 were significantly correlated with floral organ size.
- Intervention effect Silencing PhCKX3 by VIGS enlarged leaf and floral organs in petunia.
- Mechanism The enlarged organs after PhCKX3 silencing are taken to confirm PhCKX3 as a negative regulator of cell proliferation.