Molecular analyses of MADS-box genes trace back to gymnosperms the invention of fleshy fruits

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 409-419

  Lovisetto, Alessandro ^a   Guzzo, Flavia ^b   Tadiello, Alice ^a   Toffali, Ketti ^b   Favretto, Alessandro ^a   Casadoro, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ginkgo biloba; Gymnosperm fruits; MADS box genes; Taxus baccata

Indexed keywords

MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; FLOWER; FRUIT; GYMNOSPERM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GINKGO BILOBA; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA, PLANT; SEEDS; TAXUS;

ANIMALIA; GINKGO BILOBA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; TAXUS; TAXUS BACCATA;

EID: 84862878625     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msr244     Document Type: Article

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