Tuesday, October 26, 2010

[Paper] An Atlas of Type I MADS Box Gene Expression during Female Gametophyte and Seed Development in Arabidopsis

Authors: Marian Bemer, Klaas Heijmans, Chiara Airoldi, Brendan Davies and Gerco C. Angenent
Source: Plant Physiology (2010) 154:287-300.
Abstract:
Type I的MADS-box基因研究的人比較少,在阿拉伯芥中有61個copies,但是除了PHERES1, AGL80, DIANA, AGL62, AGL23之外,幾乎沒有什麼報導。主要的原因在於大部份T-DNA insertion的mutant沒有什麼phenotype。作者利用系統性的gene expression研究,顯示這些基因大多表現於female gametophyte和早期的seed development。相對於MIKCc-MADS genes,是蠻有意思的比較,也許和世代交替的改變有關連。

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