Transcription factors (TFs) are DNA-binding proteins that interact with other transcriptional
regulators, including chromatin remodeling/modifying proteins, to recruit or block access of …

Background A huge variety of plant forms can be found in nature. This is particularly
noticeable for inflorescences, the region of the plant that contains the flowers. The …

Medicago truncatula is a fast‐emerging model for the study of legume functional biology. We
used the tobacco retrotransposon Tnt1 to tag the Medicago genome and generated over …

Broad studies of the ABC program across angiosperms have found that interactions
between gene duplication, biochemical evolution, shifts in gene expression and modification …

Plants flower in response to both environmental and endogenous signals. The Arabidopsis
LEAFY (LFY) transcription factor is crucial in integrating these signals, and acts in part by …

Abstract FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) genes encode proteins that function as the mobile
floral signal, florigen. In this study, we characterized five FT-like genes from the model …

Several MADS box gene lineages involved in flower development have undergone
duplications that correlate with the diversification of large groups of flowering plants. In the …

M edicago truncatula is one of the model species for legume studies. In an effort to develop
legume genetics resources,> 21 700 T nt1 retrotransposon insertion lines have been …

The architecture of the inflorescence, the shoot system that bears the flowers, is a main
component of the huge diversity of forms found in flowering plants. Inflorescence …

Unravelling the basis of variation in inflorescence architecture is important to understanding
how the huge diversity in plant form has been generated. Inflorescences are divided …