MADS-box genes and floral development: The dark side

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 63, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 5397-5404

  Heijmans, Klaas ^a   Morel, Patrice ^b   Vandenbussche, Michiel ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

ABC model; floral architecture; floral evolution; flower development; MADS box gene family; Petunia

Indexed keywords

MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANGIOSPERM; FLOWER; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW;

ANGIOSPERMS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FLOWERS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PETUNIA;

EID: 84866687056     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ers233     Document Type: Review

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