title: Building beauty: the genetic control of floral patterning.
abstract: Floral organ identity is controlled by combinatorial action of homeotic genes expressed in different territories within the emerging flower. This review discusses recent progress in our understanding of floral homeotic genes, with an emphasis on how their region-specific expression is regulated.
authors.affiliation: Plant Biology Laboratory, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
authors.forename: Jan U
authors.initials: JU
authors.lastname: Lohmann
authors.forename: Detlef
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Weigel
mesh_terms: D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D005801:Genes, Homeobox / Q000235:genetics*; D017343:Genes, Plant / Q000235:genetics*; D009024:Morphogenesis / Q000235:genetics*; D009928:Organ Specificity; D018514:Plant Structures / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development*