MADS-box genes active in developing pollen cones of Norway spruce (Picea abies) are homologous to the B-class floral homeotic genes in angiosperms

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 253-266

  Sundström, Jens ^a   Carlsbecker, Annelie ^a   Svensson, Mats E ^a   Svenson, Marie ^a   Johanson, Urban ^a,c   Theißen, Günter ^b   Engström, Peter ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conifer; Development; Evolution of seed plants; Gene phylogeny; Reproduction; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GYMNOSPERM; HOMEOBOX; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GROWTH; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGIOSPERMS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, PLANT; GYMNOSPERMS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLLEN;

EID: 0032758311     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1999)25:3<253::AID-DVG8>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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