10 Combinatorial Control of Floral Organ Identity by MADS-Domain Transcription Factors
Annual Plant Reviews book series, Volume 29: Regulation of Transcription in Plants
Günter Theißen,
Rainer Melzer,
Günter Theißen
Lehrstuhl für Genetik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Philosophenweg 12, D-07743 Jena, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorRainer Melzer
Lehrstuhl für Genetik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Philosophenweg 12, D-07743 Jena, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorGünter Theißen,
Rainer Melzer,
Günter Theißen
Lehrstuhl für Genetik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Philosophenweg 12, D-07743 Jena, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorRainer Melzer
Lehrstuhl für Genetik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Philosophenweg 12, D-07743 Jena, Germany
Search for more papers by this authorThis article was originally published in 2006 in Regulation of Transcription in Plants, Volume 29 (ISBN 9781405145282) of the Annual Plant Reviews book series, this volume edited by KLaus D. Grasser. The article was republished in Annual Plant Reviews online in April 2018.
Abstract
The sections in this article are
- Introduction
- ABC: Early Genetic Models of Floral Organ Identity
- From the ABC to the ABCDE Model
- Elective Affinities of Homeotic Proteins: The Floral Quartet Model
- Beyond the Floral Quartets Sensu Stricto: Multimeric Complexes of Other MIKC-Type Proteins
- Outlook: The Devil is Always in the Details – What We Still Don't Know about Floral Quartets
- Summary
- Acknowledgments
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