title: The protein encoded by the Arabidopsis homeotic gene agamous resembles transcription factors.
abstract: Mutations in the homeotic gene agamous of the plant Arabidopsis cause the transformation of the floral sex organs. Cloning and sequence analysis of agamous suggest that it encodes a protein with a high degree of sequence similarity to the DNA-binding region of transcription factors from yeast and humans and to the product of a homeotic gene from Antirrhinum. The agamous gene therefore probably encodes a transcription factor that regulates genes determining stamen and carpel development in wild-type flowers.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biology 156-29, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91125.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Yanofsky
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Bowman
authors.forename: G N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Drews
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Feldmann
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Meyerowitz
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D015870:Gene Expression; D005801:Genes, Homeobox; D017343:Genes, Plant; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009024:Morphogenesis; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics*; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D014157:Transcription Factors