Conserved intragenic elements were critical for the evolution of the floral C-function

Plant Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-52

  Causier, Barry ^a   Bradley, Desmond ^b   Cook, Holly ^a   Davies, Brendan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Universitat Politècnica de València   (Spain)

Author keywords

AGAMOUS; C function; Intragenic regulation; LEAFY; PLENA; Stamen development

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; LFY PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; PLE PROTEIN, ANTIRRHINUM MAJUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ANTIRRHINUM; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CLASSIFICATION; FLOWER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INTRON; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; REGULATORY SEQUENCE;

ALLELES; ANTIRRHINUM; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; INTRONS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANTIRRHINUM; ARABIDOPSIS; DICOTYLEDONEAE;

EID: 63349093067     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2008.03759.x     Document Type: Article

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