biologia plantarum

International journal on Plant Life established by Bohumil Nìmec in 1959

Biologia plantarum 46:321-330, 2003 | DOI: 10.1023/A:1024353514081

New Roles for MADS-box Genes in Higher Plants

F. García-Maroto1, M.-J. Carmona2, J.-A. Garrido1, M. Vilches-Ferrón3, J. Rodríguez-Ruiz3, D. López Alonso3
1 Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidad de Almería, Almería, Spain
2 Departamento de Biología Aplicada, Universidad de Almería, Almería, Spain
3 Departamento de Biotecnologia, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Putative transcription factors bearing a particular DNA-binding domain called "MADS-box", have been mainly involved in processes related to flower development. It is generally accepted that MADS-box genes may have played a central role in the evolution of plant reproductive structures. During the last years increasing evidence points to more general roles of these factors that spans to the control of the flowering time, but also to other non-reproductive processes. Moreover, sequencing of the Arabidopsis genome has led to the recognition of above hundred MADS-box genes in this model organism, most of them still uncharacterized. This opens the possibility of uncovering new roles for MADS-box genes in plant development and evolution.

Keywords: Arabidopsis; flowering time; plant development; transcription factor; vegetative development
Subjects: Arabidopsis thaliana; development, plant, MADS-box genes; flowering time control, MADS-box genes; fruit development, MADS-box genes; MADS-box genes, flowering development; transpiration, MADS-box genes; vegetative development, MADS-box genes

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García-Maroto, F., Carmona, M.-J., Garrido, J.-A., Vilches-Ferrón, M., Rodríguez-Ruiz, J., & López Alonso, D. (2003). New Roles for MADS-box Genes in Higher Plants. Biologia plantarum, 46(3), 321-330. doi: 10.1023/A:1024353514081
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