On the origin of class B floral homeotic genes: Functional substitution and dominant inhibition in Arabidopsis by expression of an orthologue from the gymnosperm Gnetum

Plant Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 457-475

  Winter, Kai Uwe ^a,b   Saedler, Heinz ^a   Theißen, Günter ^a,c  

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

^b GE CompuNet   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Development; Evo devo; Evolution; Flower; MADS boxgene

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

FLOWERING PLANTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, DOMINANT; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GYMNOSPERMS; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; GNETUM; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0036692228     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2002.01375.x     Document Type: Article

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