Molecular and phylogenetic analyses of the complete MADS-Box transcription factor family in Arabidopsis: New openings to the MADS world

Plant Cell

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1538-1551

  Pařenicová, Lucie ^a   De Folter, Stefan ^b   Kieffer, Martin ^c   Horner, David S ^a   Favalli, Cristina ^a   Busscher, Jacqueline ^b   Cook, Holly E ^c   Ingram, Richard M ^c   Kater, Martin M ^a   Davies, Brendan ^c   Angenent, Gerco C ^b   Colombo, Lucia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS;

PHYLOGENETICS;

CELLS;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 19244384030     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.011544     Document Type: Article

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