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Identification and characterization of RcMADS1, an AGL24 ortholog from the holoparasitic plant Rafflesia cantleyi Solms-Laubach (Rafflesiaceae).
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Ramamoorthy Rengasamy, Phua Edwin Ek-Kian, Lim Saw-Hoon, Tan Hugh Tiang-Wah, Kumar Prakash P
Abstract excerpt
Rafflesia, a holoparasitic genus that produces the largest flower in the world is characterized by the absence of leaves, stem and other macroscopic organs. To better understand the molecular regulation of flower development in this genus we isolated and characterized a floral MADS-box gene, namely, RcMADS1 from Rafflesia cantleyi. Heterologous expression analysis in Arabidopsis was chosen because Rafflesia is...
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