''GAI'' or Gibberellic-Acid Insensitive is a gene in ''
Arabidopsis thaliana
''Arabidopsis thaliana'', the thale cress, mouse-ear cress or arabidopsis, is a small flowering plant native to Eurasia and Africa. ''A. thaliana'' is considered a weed; it is found along the shoulders of roads and in disturbed land.
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'' which is involved in regulation of plant growth.
GAI represses the pathway of
gibberellin
Gibberellins (GAs) are plant hormones that regulate various developmental processes, including stem elongation, germination, dormancy, flowering, flower development, and leaf and fruit senescence. GAs are one of the longest-known classes of p ...
-sensitive plant growth. It does this by way of its conserved
DELLA motif.
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Arabidopsis thaliana genes
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