Toward the Analysis of the Petunia MADS Box Gene Family by Reverse and Forward Transposon Insertion Mutagenesis Approaches: B, C, and D Floral Organ Identity Functions Require Sepallata-Like MADS Box Genes in Petunia

Plant Cell

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2680-2693

  Vandenbussche, Michiel ^a   Zethof, Jan ^a   Souer, Erik ^b   Koes, Ronald ^b   Tornielli, Giovanni B ^c   Pezzotti, Mario ^c   Ferrario, Silvia ^d   Angenent, Gerco C ^d   Gerats, Tom ^a,e  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEINS;

FLORAL BINDING PROTEINS; MUTANTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; INSERTION SEQUENCES; PETUNIA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0344514821     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.017376     Document Type: Article

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