MADS-box genes in Ginkgo biloba and the evolution of the AGAMOUS family

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 842-854

  Jager, Muriel ^a   Hassanin, Alexandre ^a   Manuel, Michael ^a   Le Guyader, Hervé ^a,b   Deutsch, Jean ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Université René Descartes   (France)

Author keywords

Developmental genes; Floral organs; Gene expression; Gymnosperms; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS AGAMOUS PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; EXON; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GINKGO BILOBA; HOMEOBOX; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT SEED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, DUPLICATE; GINKGO BILOBA; INTRONS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANTIRRHINUM; ANTIRRHINUM MAJUS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARACHNIDA; EMBRYOPHYTA; GINKGO BILOBA; GINKGOPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; HEXAPODA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0038031919     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msg089     Document Type: Article

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