Evolution of the APETALA3 and PISTILLATA Lineages of MADS-Box-Containing Genes in the Basal Angiosperms

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 506-519

  Stellari, Giulia M ^a   Jaramillo, M Alejandra ^a   Kramer, Elena M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

APETALA3; Gene duplication; MADS box gene; PISTILLATA

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN APETALA3; PROTEIN PISTILLATA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOSPERM; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; FLOWER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NYMPHAEA; PETAL; PHYLOGENY; RNA SPLICING; STAMEN;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGIOSPERMS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ARABIDOPSIS; AUSTROBAILEYALES; EMBRYOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NYMPHAEA; NYMPHAEALES;

EID: 1542405308     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msh044     Document Type: Article

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