Functional Analyses of Two Tomato APETALA3 Genes Demonstrate Diversification in Their Roles in Regulating Floral Development
de Martino G, Pan I, Emmanuel E, Levy A, Irish VF. Functional Analyses of Two Tomato APETALA3 Genes Demonstrate Diversification in Their Roles in Regulating Floral Development. The Plant Cell 2006, 18: 1833-1845. PMID: 16844904, PMCID: PMC1533988, DOI: 10.1105/tpc.106.042978.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCore eudicotsFloral developmentMADS-box transcription factorsDifferent expression domainsBox transcription factorFunctional differencesAP3 lineageAPETALA3 (AP3) geneEuAP3 lineageStamen identityAncestral roleStamen developmentHomeotic transformationsLineage genesExpression domainsBiochemical capabilitiesTranscription factorsFunctional analysisFunction mutationsGenesLineagesArabidopsisEudicotsEquivalent domainsExpression contributes