To B or not to B a flower: The role of DEFICIENS and GLOBOSA orthologs in the evolution of the angiosperms

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 225-240

  Zahn, Laura M ^a   Leebens Mack, J ^a   DePamphilis, C W ^a   Ma, H ^a   Theissen, G ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFICIENS PROTEIN; GLOBOSA PROTEIN; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOSPERM; ANTIRRHINUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLOWER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GYMNOSPERM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PETAL; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STAMEN;

ANGIOSPERMS; DEFICIENS PROTEIN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS;

ANTIRRHINUM; ARABIDOPSIS; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 15944363823     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esi033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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