Developmental and evolutionary diversity of plant MADS-domain factors: Insights from recent studies

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 139, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 3081-3098

  Smaczniak, Cezary ^a,b   Immink, Richard G H ^a,b   Angenent, Gerco C ^a,b   Kaufmann, Kerstin ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRE FOR BIOSYSTEMS GENOMICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Evolution; MADS box genes; Plant development; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MADS BOX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FLOWER DEVELOPMENT; FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; GAMETOPHYTE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TARGETING; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MORPHOGENESIS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEED DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPOROPHYTE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; PLANT STRUCTURES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ARABIDOPSIS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 84864818803     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.074674     Document Type: Article

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