Advances in elucidating the molecular processes controlling flower initiation and
development have provided unique opportunities to investigate the developmental genetics …

A set of MADS-box genes in flowering plants encode transcription factors that control both
flower meristem formation and organ identity in the developing flower. In this report we …

Floral homeotic genes that control the specification of meristem and organ identity in
developing flowers have been isolated from both Arabidopsis thaliana and Antirrhinum …

Plant MADS‐box genes encode transcriptional regulators that are critical for a number of
developmental processes. In the angiosperms (the flowering plants), these include the …

LEAFY gene is the positive regulator of the MADS-box genes in flower primordia. The
number of MADS-box genes presumably increased by gene duplications before the …

The well‐known ABC model describes the combinatorial interaction of homeotic genes in
specifying floral organ identities. While the B‐and C‐functions are highly conserved …

Flower development in angiosperms is regulated by the family of MADS‐box transcription
factors. MADS‐box genes have also been reported from gymnosperms, another major group …

The ABC model, which was accepted for almost a decade as a paradigm for flower
development in angiosperms, has been subjected recently to a significant modification with …

20 years after establishment of the ABC model many of the molecular mechanisms
underlying development of the angiosperm flower are relatively well understood. Central …

MADS‐box genes encode transcriptional regulators involved in diverse aspects of plant
development. Here we describe the cloning and mRNA spatio‐temporal expression patterns …