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Apetala 2 (AP2) is a gene coding for a member of a large family of transcription factors the AP2/EREBP family. In Arabidopsis thaliana which plays a role in the ABC model of flower development. It was originally thought that this family of proteins was plant-specific however recent studies have shown that apicomplexans including the causative agent of malaria Plasmodium falciparum encode a related set of transcription factors called the ApiAP2 family.In the A.
