Phylogeny and divergence of basal angiosperms inferred from APETALA3- and PISTILLATA-like MADS-box genes

Journal of Plant Research

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 229-244

  Aoki, Seishiro ^a   Uehara, Koichi ^b   Imafuku, Masao ^a   Hasebe, Mitsuyasu ^c,d   Ito, Motomi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^d GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amborella; Floral homeotic genes; Illicium; Kadsura; MADS; Nymphaeales

Indexed keywords

AMBORELLA; AMBORELLA TRICHOPODA; AMBORELLACEAE; ARABIDOPSIS; BRASENIA SCHREBERI; CABOMBA; CABOMBA CAROLINIANA; CABOMBACEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; EURYALE FEROX; GYMNOSPERMAE; ILLICIUM; ILLICIUM ANISATUM; JAPONICA; KADSURA; KADSURA JAPONICA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NUPHAR; NUPHAR JAPONICUM; NYMPHAEA; NYMPHAEA TETRAGONA; NYMPHAEACEAE; NYMPHAEALES; SCHISANDRACEAE; TETRAGONA; TRICHOPODA;

EID: 3242666025     PISSN: 09189440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10265-004-0153-7     Document Type: Article

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