Regulatory elements of the floral homeotic gene AGAMOUS identified by phylogenetic footprinting and shadowing

Plant Cell

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1296-1309

  Hong, Ray L ^a,b,c   Hamaguchi, Lynn ^a   Busch, Maximilian A ^a,d   Weigel, Detlef ^a,c  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Sympore GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; CHEMICAL BONDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); STEREOCHEMISTRY;

REGULATORY SEQUENCES;

GENES;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICACEAE; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0037781051     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.009548     Document Type: Article

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