A DEF/GLO-like MADS-box gene from a gymnosperm: Pinus radiata contains an ortholog of angiosperm B class floral homeotic genes

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 245-252

  Mouradov, Aidyn ^a   Hamdorf, Britt ^a   Teasdale, Robert D ^a   Kim, Jan T ^b   Winter, Kai Uwe ^b   Theißen, Günter ^b  

^a ForBio Research   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

B class gene; Conifer; Gymnosperm; Organ identity gene; Phylogeny; Pinus radiata

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GYMNOSPERM; HOMEOBOX; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; GYMNOSPERMS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032727298     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1999)25:3<245::AID-DVG7>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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