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THE FAMILY OF MADS-BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS CONTROLLING FLOWER FORMATION IN CROCUS SATIVUS L.
Article number
850_16
Pages
107 – 112
Language
English
Abstract
Flowering and flower formation is a major developmental switch in plants where different genes are expressed in a coordinate manner for reproductive success.
In order to uncover and understand the molecular mechanisms controlling flowering and flower formation in cultivated Crocus sativus L. and to characterize a number of crocus flower mutants, we have cloned and characterized different cDNA and genomic sequences encoding MADS-box transcription factor proteins involved in flowering and flower formation using a combination of different methods including conventional 5 and 3 RACE, as well as newly developed methods to isolate full cDNAs and genomic sequences based on Rolling Cycle Amplification (RCA).
In order to uncover and understand the molecular mechanisms controlling flowering and flower formation in cultivated Crocus sativus L. and to characterize a number of crocus flower mutants, we have cloned and characterized different cDNA and genomic sequences encoding MADS-box transcription factor proteins involved in flowering and flower formation using a combination of different methods including conventional 5 and 3 RACE, as well as newly developed methods to isolate full cDNAs and genomic sequences based on Rolling Cycle Amplification (RCA).
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Authors
A.S. Tsaftaris, K. Pasentsis, A. Kalivas, A. Argiriou, A.N. Polidoros
Keywords
Crocus sativus L., flowering, MADS box, Rolling Circle Amplification
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