The MADS and the beauty: Genes involved in the development of orchid flowers

Current Genomics

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 342-356

  Aceto, Serena ^a   Gaudio, Luciano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Flower development; MADS box genes; Orchid code; Orchidaceae

Indexed keywords

MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AGL9; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DENDROBIUM; EPIGENETICS; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FLOWER; FLOWER DEVELOPMENT; FLOWER MORPHOLOGY; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORCHIDACEAE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENETICS; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 79960981208     PISSN: 13892029     EISSN: 18755488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920211796429754     Document Type: Article

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