Characterization of SpAPETALA3 and SpPISTILLATA, B class floral identity genes in Spinacia oleracea, and their relationship to sexual dimorphism

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 215, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 132-142

  Pfent, Catherine ^a   Pobursky, Kevin J ^b   Sather, D Noah ^c   Golenberg, Edward M ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ABC model; Dioecy; Evolutionary development; Floral homeotic genes; Plant sex determination

Indexed keywords

APETALA3; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PISTILLATA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTHER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOWER DEVELOPMENT; FLOWERING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA EXTRACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINACH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; FLOWERS; GENES, PLANT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLLEN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

ARABIDOPSIS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 15844382741     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-004-0459-4     Document Type: Article

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