Multiple interactions amongst floral homeotic MADS box proteins

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 4330-4343

  Davies, Brendan ^a,b   Egea Cortines, Marcos ^a   De Andrade Silva, Eugenia ^a   Saedler, Heinz ^a   Sommer, Hans ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flower development; Homeotic mutants; MADS box; Protein protein interaction; Yeast two hybrid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; HIGHER PLANT; HOMEOBOX; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; YEAST;

EID: 0029757617     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00807.x     Document Type: Article

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