Ternary complex formation between the MADS-box proteins SQUAMOSA, DEFICIENS and GLOBOSA is involved in the control of floral architecture in Antirrhinum majus

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 5370-5379

  Egea Cortines, Marcos ^a,b   Saedler, Heinz ^a   Sommer, Hans ^a  

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

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

ABC model; DNA binding; MADS box; Regulatory network; Ternary complex

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PLANT DNA;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGHER PLANT; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING;

BASE SEQUENCE; DEFICIENS PROTEIN; DIMERIZATION; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANTIRRHINUM; ANTIRRHINUM MAJUS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0033215038     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.19.5370     Document Type: Article

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