Journal article

Publication year: 2016

Pages: 219-230

Journal: Protoplasma

Volume number: 253

Issue number: 2

ISSN: 0033-183X

eISSN: 1615-6102

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00709-015-0812-7

Publisher: Springer

Abstract: 
Tremendous progress has been achieved over the past 25 years or more of
research on the molecular mechanisms of floral organ identity,
patterning, and development. While collections of floral homeotic
mutants of Antirrhinum majus laid the foundation already at the beginning of the previous century, it was the genetic analysis of these mutants in A. majus and Arabidopsis thaliana
that led to the development of the ABC model of floral organ identity
more than 20 years ago. This intuitive model kick-started research
focused on the genetic mechanisms regulating flower development, using
mainly A. thaliana as a model
plant. In recent years, interactions among floral homeotic proteins have
been elucidated, and their direct and indirect target genes are known
to a large extent. Here, we provide an overview over the advances in
understanding the molecular mechanism orchestrating A. thaliana
flower development. We focus on floral homeotic protein complexes,
their target genes, evidence for their transport in floral primordia,
and how these new results advance our view on the processes downstream
of floral organ identity, such as organ boundary formation or floral
organ patterning.

Harvard Citation style: Becker, A. and Ehlers, K. (2016) Arabidopsis flower development—of protein complexes, targets, and transport, Protoplasma, 253(2), pp. 219-230. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00709-015-0812-7

APA Citation style: Becker, A., & Ehlers, K. (2016). Arabidopsis flower development—of protein complexes, targets, and transport. Protoplasma. 253(2), 219-230. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00709-015-0812-7