A parsimonious model of lineage-specific expansion of MADS-box genes in Physcomitrella patens

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1161-1177

  Barker, E I ^a   Ashton, N W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; Gene duplication; MADS box gene complement; Moss; Physcomitrella

Indexed keywords

MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRYOPSIDA; CHEMISTRY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BRYOPSIDA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENES, PLANT; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ARABIDOPSIS; BRYOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PHYSCOMITRELLA; PHYSCOMITRELLA PATENS;

EID: 84880511986     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-013-1411-8     Document Type: Article

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