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 …

Contents Summary 1724 I. Introduction 1725 II. Ripening genes 1725 III. The importance of
ethylene in controlling ripening 1727 IV. The importance of MADS‐RIN in controlling …

Wheat (Triticum aestivum) is one of the most important crops worldwide. Given a growing
global population coupled with increasingly challenging cultivation conditions, facilitating …

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 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 …

Plant life critically depends on the function of MADS-box genes encoding MADS-domain
transcription factors, which are present to a limited extent in nearly all major eukaryotic …

Flowers are the most complex structures of plants. Studies of Arabidopsis thaliana, which
has typical eudicot flowers, have been fundamental in advancing the structural and …

Flowers come in a variety of colors, shapes and sizes. Despite this variety, flowers have a
very stereotypical architecture, consisting of a series of sterile organs surrounding the …

Background Plant MADS box proteins play important roles in a plethora of developmental
processes. In order to regulate specific sets of target genes, MADS box proteins dimerize …

Flower and fruit development are two key steps for plant reproduction. The ABCE model for
flower development has been well established in model plant species; however, the …