MADS-domain transcription factors and the floral quartet model of flower development: linking plant development and evolution

G Theißen, R Melzer, F Rümpler - Development, 2016 - journals.biologists.com
The floral quartet model of floral organ specification poses that different tetramers of MIKC-
type MADS-domain transcription factors control gene expression and hence the identity of …

Developmental and evolutionary diversity of plant MADS-domain factors: insights from recent studies

C Smaczniak, RGH Immink, GC Angenent… - …, 2012 - journals.biologists.com
Members of the MADS-box transcription factor family play essential roles in almost every
developmental process in plants. Many MADS-box genes have conserved functions across …

Genome‐wide analysis of MIKC‐type MADS‐box genes in wheat: pervasive duplications, functional conservation and putative neofunctionalization

S Schilling, A Kennedy, S Pan, LS Jermiin… - New …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Wheat (Triticum aestivum) is one of the most important crops worldwide. Given a growing
global population coupled with increasingly challenging cultivation conditions, facilitating …

The tomato MADS-box transcription factor RIPENING INHIBITOR interacts with promoters involved in numerous ripening processes in a COLORLESS NONRIPENING …

C Martel, J Vrebalov, P Tafelmeyer… - Plant …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Fruit ripening is a complex developmental process responsible for the transformation of the
seed-containing organ into a tissue attractive to seed dispersers and agricultural consumers …

MADS-box genes are key components of genetic regulatory networks involved in abiotic stress and plastic developmental responses in plants

N Castelán-Muñoz, J Herrera… - Frontiers in plant …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Plants, as sessile organisms, adapt to different stressful conditions, such as drought, salinity,
extreme temperatures, and nutrient deficiency, via plastic developmental and growth …

Characterization of MADS-domain transcription factor complexes in Arabidopsis flower development

C Smaczniak, RGH Immink, JM Muiño… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Floral organs are specified by the combinatorial action of MADS-domain transcription
factors, yet the mechanisms by which MADS-domain proteins activate or repress the …

The tomato FRUITFULL homologs TDR4/FUL1 and MBP7/FUL2 regulate ethylene-independent aspects of fruit ripening

M Bemer, R Karlova, AR Ballester, YM Tikunov… - The Plant …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) contains two close homologs of the Arabidopsis thaliana
MADS domain transcription factor FRUITFULL (FUL), FUL1 (previously called TDR4) and …

From landing lights to mimicry: the molecular regulation of flower colouration and mechanisms for pigmentation patterning

KM Davies, NW Albert, KE Schwinn - Functional Plant Biology, 2012 - CSIRO Publishing
Flower colour is a key component for plant signaling to pollinators and a staggering variety
of colour variations are found in nature. Patterning of flower colour, such as pigment spots or …

Gene networks controlling Arabidopsis thaliana flower development

DS Ó'Maoiléidigh, E Graciet, F Wellmer - New Phytologist, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The formation of flowers is one of the main models for studying the regulatory mechanisms
that underlie plant development and evolution. Over the past three decades, extensive …

Floral organ identity: 20 years of ABCs

B Causier, Z Schwarz-Sommer, B Davies - Seminars in cell & …, 2010 - Elsevier
One of the early successes of the application of molecular genetics to study plant
development was the discovery of a series of genes that act together, in an apparently …