Functional conservation and diversification of class e floral homeotic genes in rice (Oryza sativa)

Plant Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 767-781

  Cui, Rongfeng ^a,b   Han, Jiakun ^a,b   Zhao, Suzhen ^a   Su, Kunmei ^a   Wu, Feng ^a   Du, Xiaoqiu ^a   Xu, Qijiang ^a   Chong, Kang ^a   Theißen, Gunter ^c   Meng, Zheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Class e floral organ identity genes; Flower development; Oryza sativa; Rice; SEPALLATA

Indexed keywords

MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; PLANT RNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; HOMEOBOX; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; RICE; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENES, HOMEOBOX; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; LILIOPSIDA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ORYZA SATIVA; POACEAE;

EID: 77950116416     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2009.04101.x     Document Type: Article

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