Article
An ancestral MADS-box gene duplication occurred before the divergence of plants and animals.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 9 May 2000
Alvarez-Buylla E R, Pelaz S, Liljegren S J, Gold S E, Burgeff C, Ditta G S, Ribas de Pouplana L, Martínez-Castilla L, Yanofsky M F
Abstract excerpt
Changes in genes encoding transcriptional regulators can alter development and are important components of the molecular mechanisms of morphological evolution. MADS-box genes encode transcriptional regulators of diverse and important biological functions. In plants, MADS-box genes regulate flower, fruit, leaf, and root development. Recent sequencing efforts in Arabidopsis have allowed a nearly complete sampling...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Evolution, Molecular
- Fungi
- Gene Duplication
- Genetic Variation
- MADS Domain Proteins
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Multigene Family
- Phylogeny
- Plant Proteins
- Plants