Characterization of MADS genes in the gymnosperm Gnetum parvifolium and its implication on the evolution of reproductive organs in seed plants

Evolution and Development

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 180-190

  Shindo, Satomi ^a,b   Ito, Motomi ^c   Ueda, Kunihiko ^d   Kato, Masahiro ^e   Hasebe, Mitsuyasu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENE; GENETICS; GYMNOSPERM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT SEED; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EVOLUTION; GENES, PLANT; GYMNOSPERMS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEEDS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0033224597     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-142x.1999.99024.x     Document Type: Article

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