Article
Determination of floral organ identity by Arabidopsis MADS domain homeotic proteins AP1, AP3, PI, and AG is independent of their DNA-binding specificity.
Molecular biology of the cell - 1 Jul 1997
Riechmann J L, Meyerowitz E M
Abstract excerpt
The MADS domain homeotic proteins APETALA1 (AP1), APETALA3 (AP3), PISTILLATA (PI), and AGAMOUS (AG) combinatorially specify the identity of Arabidopsis floral organs. AP1/AP1, AG/AG, and AP3/PI dimers bind to similar CArG box sequences; thus, differences in DNA-binding specificity among these proteins do not seem to be the origin of their distinct organ identity properties. To assess the overall contribution that...
Topics
- AGAMOUS Protein, Arabidopsis
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Arabidopsis
- Arabidopsis Proteins
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Homeodomain Proteins
- MADS Domain Proteins
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nuclear Proteins
- Phenotype
