Petaloidy and petal identity MADS-box genes in the balsaminoid genera Impatiens and Marcgravia

Plant Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 501-518

  Geuten, Koen ^a   Becker, Annette ^b,d   Kaufmann, Kerstin ^b   Caris, Pieter ^a   Janssens, Steven ^a   Viaene, Tom ^a   Theißen, Günter ^b   Smets, Erik ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN BRANCH   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Class B genes; Impatiens; MADS box genes; Marcgravia; Petal identity; SEPALLATA3

Indexed keywords

IMPATIENS; MADS-BOX GENES; MARCGRAVIA; PETAL IDENTITY; SEPALLATA3;

CLONING; GENES; MORPHOLOGY; PROTEINS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FLOWER; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; IMPATIENS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; IMPATIENS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS;

ANATOMY; CLONES; FLOWERS; GENES; PROTEINS;

ASTERIDS; BALSAMINACEAE; CORE EUDICOTYLEDONS; ERICALES; IMPATIENS; IMPATIENS HAWKERI; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MARCGRAVIA; MARCGRAVIA UMBELLATA; MARCGRAVIACEAE;

EID: 33746513101     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2006.02800.x     Document Type: Article

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