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Control of Floral Organ Identity by Homeotic MADS-Box Transcription Factors

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Plant Promoters and Transcription Factors

Part of the book series: Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation ((RESULTS,volume 20))

Abstract

In recent years the combined use of genetics and molecular biology has resulted in dramatic progress in the field of developmental biology, particularly in the case of Drosophila. These complementary approaches are also being applied to the problem of flower development and initial results already demonstrate that, despite the complexity of the system, there may be an underlying unity with the animal kingdom. The purpose of this chapter is to review the current state of our knowledge of how a large family of evolutionarily conserved, related transcription factors, the MADS-box proteins, is involved in telling the plant where, when and how to form a flower.

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  1. Max-Planck-Institut für Züchtungsforschung, Carl-von-Linné-Weg 10, D-50829, Köln, Germany

    Brendan Davies & Zsuzsanna Schwarz-Sommer

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Davies, B., Schwarz-Sommer, Z. (1994). Control of Floral Organ Identity by Homeotic MADS-Box Transcription Factors. In: Nover, L. (eds) Plant Promoters and Transcription Factors. Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation, vol 20. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-48037-2_11

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