The ABC model and the diversification of floral organ identity

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 129-137

  Litt, Amy ^a   Kramer, Elena M ^b  

^a NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ABC model; APETALA1; APETALA3; Floral evolution; MADS box gene

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COTYLEDON; DNA MODIFICATION; EVOLUTION; FLOWER DEVELOPMENT; FLOWER MORPHOLOGY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; ORCHIDACEAE; PAPAVERACEAE; PLANT GENE; POACEAE; PROTEIN MOTIF; RANUNCULACEAE; REVIEW;

ARABIDOPSIS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 75849155535     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2009.11.019     Document Type: Review

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