Article
Redefining C and D in the petunia ABC.
The Plant cell - 1 Jun 2012
Heijmans Klaas, Ament Kai, Rijpkema Anneke S, Zethof Jan, Wolters-Arts Mieke, Gerats Tom, Vandenbussche Michiel
Abstract excerpt
According to the ABC(DE) model for flower development, C-genes are required for stamen and carpel development and floral determinacy, and D-genes were proposed to play a unique role in ovule development. Both C- and D-genes belong to the AGAMOUS (AG) subfamily of MADS box transcription factors. We show that the petunia (Petunia hybrida) C-clade genes PETUNIA MADS BOX GENE3 and FLORAL BINDING PROTEIN6 (FBP6)...
Topics
- Flowers
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Genes, Plant
- Homeodomain Proteins
- MADS Domain Proteins
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Ovule
- Petunia
- Plant Proteins
- Plants, Genetically Modified
