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. 2018 Apr 18;9:510. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00510

Table 1D.

Type, number and role of MADS box genes in Angiosperms.

MADS-box class Important roles in angiosperms References
MIKCC genes Control floral organogenesis Coen and Meyerowitz, 1991
Floral meristem development, floral transition, senescence and abscission of flowers, embryonic development Fernandez et al., 2000
Leaf and root morphogenesis Tapia-Lopez et al., 2008
Nodulation Heard and Dunn, 1995; Heard et al., 1997; Zucchero et al., 2001
Fruit development and dehiscence Rijpkema et al., 2007
MIKC* genes Pollen development, embryogenesis, early seedling development, silique development Kofuji et al., 2003; de Folter et al., 2004; Lehti-Shiu et al., 2005; Verelst et al., 2007
No. of genes reported Type I Type II MIKCC Type II MIKC*
Oryza sativa 38 32 5 Arora et al., 2007
Arabidopsis thaliana 61 39 7 Parenicova et al., 2003