Divergent functional diversification patterns in the SEP/AGL6/AP1 MADS-box transcription factor superclade

P Morel, P Chambrier, V Boltz, S Chamot… - The Plant …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Members of SEPALLATA (SEP) and APETALA1 (AP1)/SQUAMOSA (SQUA) MADS-box
transcription factor subfamilies play key roles in floral organ identity determination and floral …

Protein interaction evolution from promiscuity to specificity with reduced flexibility in an increasingly complex network

T Alhindi, Z Zhang, P Ruelens, H Coenen… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
A key question regarding protein evolution is how proteins adapt to the dynamic
environment in which they function and how in turn their evolution shapes the protein …

Predicting the impact of alternative splicing on plant MADS domain protein function

EI Severing, ADJ van Dijk, G Morabito… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Several genome-wide studies demonstrated that alternative splicing (AS) significantly
increases the transcriptome complexity in plants. However, the impact of AS on the …

Divergence of regulatory networks governed by the orthologous transcription factors FLC and PEP1 in Brassicaceae species

JL Mateos, V Tilmes, P Madrigal… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Genome-wide landscapes of transcription factor (TF) binding sites (BSs) diverge during
evolution, conferring species-specific transcriptional patterns. The rate of divergence varies …

Hidden variability of floral homeotic B genes in Solanaceae provides a molecular basis for the evolution of novel functions

K Geuten, V Irish - The Plant Cell, 2010 - academic.oup.com
B-class MADS box genes specify petal and stamen identities in several core eudicot
species. Members of the Solanaceae possess duplicate copies of these genes, allowing for …

Combinatorial control of plant gene expression

J Brkljacic, E Grotewold - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Gene …, 2017 - Elsevier
Combinatorial gene regulation provides a mechanism by which relatively small numbers of
transcription factors can control the expression of a much larger number of genes with finely …

Arabidopsis AGAMOUS-LIKE16 and SUPPRESSOR OF CONSTANS1 regulate the genome-wide expression and flowering time

X Dong, LP Zhang, YH Tang, D Yu, F Cheng… - Plant …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Flowering transition is tightly coordinated by complex gene regulatory networks, in which
AGAMOUS-KE 16 (AGL16) plays important roles. Here, we identified the molecular function …

The origin of floral organ identity quartets

P Ruelens, Z Zhang, H Van Mourik, S Maere… - The Plant …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The origin of flowers has puzzled plant biologists ever since Darwin referred to their sudden
appearance in the fossil record as an abominable mystery. Flowers are considered to be an …

The MADS-domain factors AGAMOUS-LIKE15 and AGAMOUS-LIKE18, along with SHORT VEGETATIVE PHASE and AGAMOUS-LIKE24, are necessary to block …

DE Fernandez, CT Wang, Y Zheng… - Plant …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Multiple factors, including the MADS-domain proteins AGAMOUS-LIKE15 (AGL15) and
AGL18, contribute to the regulation of the transition from vegetative to reproductive growth …

Molecular interactions of orthologues of floral homeotic proteins from the gymnosperm Gnetum gnemon provide a clue to the evolutionary origin of 'floral quartets'

YQ Wang, R Melzer, G Theißen - The Plant Journal, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Several lines of evidence suggest that the identity of floral organs in angiosperms is
specified by multimeric transcription factor complexes composed of MADS‐domain proteins …