Article
Analysis of the Petunia TM6 MADS box gene reveals functional divergence within the DEF/AP3 lineage.
The Plant cell - 1 Aug 2006
Rijpkema Anneke S, Royaert Stefan, Zethof Jan, van der Weerden Gerard, Gerats Tom, Vandenbussche Michiel
Abstract excerpt
Antirrhinum majus DEFICIENS (DEF) and Arabidopsis thaliana APETALA3 (AP3) MADS box proteins are required to specify petal and stamen identity. Sampling of DEF/AP3 homologs revealed two types of DEF/AP3 proteins, euAP3 and TOMATO MADS BOX GENE6 (TM6), within core eudicots, and we show functional divergence in Petunia hybrida euAP3 and TM6 proteins. Petunia DEF (also known as GREEN PETALS [GP]) is expressed mainly...
Topics
- Base Sequence
- Evolution, Molecular
- Flowers
- Genetic Complementation Test
- MADS Domain Proteins
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Petunia
- Phenotype
- Phylogeny
- Plant Proteins