MADS-box genes and crop domestication: the jack of all traits

Changing MADS-Box Transcription Factor Protein–Protein Interactions as a Mechanism for Generating Floral Morphological Diversity

(2017) Madelaine E Bartlett   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Precise Editing of a Target Base in the Rice Genome Using a Modified CRISPR/Cas9 System

(2017) Yuming Lu et al.   Molecular Plant

A makeover for the world's most hated crop

(2017) Wudan Yan   NATURE

Targeted base editing in rice and tomato using a CRISPR-Cas9 cytidine deaminase fusion

(2017) Zenpei Shimatani et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

A study of allelic diversity underlying flowering-time adaptation in maize landraces

(2017) J Alberto Romero Navarro et al.   NATURE GENETICS

The Origin of Floral Organ Identity Quartets

(2017) Philip Ruelens et al.   PLANT CELL

Divergence of the Floral A-Function between an Asterid and a Rosid Species

(2017) Patrice Morel et al.   PLANT CELL

Differences in DNA Binding Specificity of Floral Homeotic Protein Complexes Predict Organ-Specific Target Genes

(2017) Cezary Smaczniak et al.   PLANT CELL

The ABCs of flower development: mutational analysis of AP1 /FUL -like genes in rice provides evidence for a homeotic (A)-function in grasses

(2017) Feng Wu et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Uncovering hidden variation in polyploid wheat

(2017) Ksenia V. Krasileva et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Protein interaction evolution from promiscuity to specificity with reduced flexibility in an increasingly complex network

(2017) T. Alhindi et al.   Scientific Reports

How should novelty be valued in science?

(2017) Barak A Cohen   eLife

Natural and induced loss of function mutations in SlMBP21 MADS-box gene led to jointless-2 phenotype in tomato

(2017) Maria Victoria Gomez Roldan et al.   Scientific Reports

Structural and functional annotation of the MADS-box transcription factor family in grapevine

(2016) Jérôme Grimplet et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Superheroes and masterminds of plant domestication

(2016) Natalia E. Martínez-Ainsworth et al.   COMPTES RENDUS BIOLOGIES

Molecular mechanisms of floral organ specification by MADS domain proteins

(2016) Wenhao Yan et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

MADS-domain transcription factors and the floral quartet model of flower development: linking plant development and evolution

(2016) Günter Theißen et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Genome-wide analysis of genes associated with bolting in heading type chinese cabbage

(2016) Xiangshu Dong et al.   EUPHYTICA

Detecting QTLs and putative candidate genes involved in budbreak and flowering time in an apple multiparental population

(2016) Alix Allard et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Evolutionary Dynamics of Floral Homeotic Transcription Factor Protein–Protein Interactions

(2016) Madelaine Bartlett et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Allelic variation and geographic distribution of vernalization genes HvVRN1 and HvVRN2 in Chinese barley germplasm

(2016) Dawa Dondup et al.   MOLECULAR BREEDING

PlantTFDB 4.0: toward a central hub for transcription factors and regulatory interactions in plants

(2016) Jinpu Jin et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Thesuperwoman1-cleistogamy2mutant is a novel resource for gene containment in rice

(2016) Fabien Lombardo et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Nucleotide polymorphism affectingFLCexpression underpins heading date variation in horticultural brassicas

(2016) Judith A. Irwin et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

BananaMaMADSTranscription Factors Are Necessary for Fruit Ripening and Molecular Tools to Promote Shelf-Life and Food Security

(2016) Tomer Elitzur et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

A Flowering Locus C Homolog Is a Vernalization-Regulated Repressor in Brachypodium and Is Cold Regulated in Wheat

(2016) Neha Sharma et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Lessons from Domestication: Targeting Cis -Regulatory Elements for Crop Improvement

(2016) Gwen Swinnen et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Efficient and transgene-free genome editing in wheat through transient expression of CRISPR/Cas9 DNA or RNA

(2016) Yi Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

Non-tenera Contamination and the Economic Impact of SHELL Genetic Testing in the Malaysian Independent Oil Palm Industry

(2016) Leslie C.-L. Ooi et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Evolution of the Plant Reproduction Master Regulators LFY and the MADS Transcription Factors: The Role of Protein Structure in the Evolutionary Development of the Flower

(2016) Catarina S. Silva et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Transgenic Suppression of AGAMOUS Genes in Apple Reduces Fertility and Increases Floral Attractiveness

(2016) Amy L. Klocko et al.   PLoS One

CRISPR/Cas9-mediated mutagenesis of the RIN locus that regulates tomato fruit ripening

(2015) Yasuhiro Ito et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Expression of DORMANCY-ASSOCIATED MADS-BOX (DAM)-like genes in apple

(2015) N. Mimida et al.   BIOLOGIA PLANTARUM

Determination of amygdalin in apple seeds, fresh apples and processed apple juices

(2015) Islamiyat F. Bolarinwa et al.   FOOD CHEMISTRY

Transcription profiling of the chilling requirement for bud break in apples: a putative role for FLC-like genes

(2015) Diogo Denardi Porto et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Exploiting genetic diversity from landraces in wheat breeding for adaptation to climate change

(2015) Marta S. Lopes et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Phylogenomics reveals surprising sets of essential and dispensable clades of MIKCc-group MADS-box genes in flowering plants

(2015) Lydia Gramzow et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION

Loss of Karma transposon methylation underlies the mantled somaclonal variant of oil palm

(2015) Meilina Ong-Abdullah et al.   NATURE

Barley: a translational model for adaptation to climate change

(2015) Ian K. Dawson et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Tuning growth cycles ofBrassicacrops via natural antisense transcripts ofBrFLC

(2015) Xiaorong Li et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Suppression of the D-class MADS-box AGL11 gene triggers seedlessness in fleshy fruits

(2015) Nallatt Ocarez et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

Non-canonical structure, function and phylogeny of the BsisterMADS-box geneOsMADS30of rice (Oryza sativa)

(2015) Susanne Schilling et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Loss of function of OsMADS3 via the insertion of a novel retrotransposon leads to recessive male sterility in rice (Oryza sativa)

(2015) Li Zhang et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Identification of theVERNALIZATION 4gene reveals the origin of spring growth habit in ancient wheats from South Asia

(2015) Nestor Kippes et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Direct links between the vernalization response and other key traits of cereal crops

(2015) Weiwei Deng et al.   Nature Communications

Combinatorial activities of SHORT VEGETATIVE PHASE and FLOWERING LOCUS C define distinct modes of flowering regulation in Arabidopsis

(2015) Julieta L Mateos et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

DEF- and GLO-like proteins may have lost most of their interaction partners during angiosperm evolution

(2014) Rainer Melzer et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

MADS goes genomic in conifers: towards determining the ancestral set of MADS-box genes in seed plants

(2014) Lydia Gramzow et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Distinct double flower varieties in Camellia japonica exhibit both expansion and contraction of C-class gene expression

(2014) Yingkun Sun et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Genes associated with agronomic traits in non-heading Chinese cabbage identified by expression profiling

(2014) Xiaoming Song et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

The role of BoFLC2 in cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis L.) reproductive development

(2014) Stephen Ridge et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Members of the tomato FRUITFULL MADS-box family regulate style abscission and fruit ripening

(2014) Shufen Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Genome-wide analysis of the MADS-box gene family in Brassica rapa (Chinese cabbage)

(2014) Weike Duan et al.   MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENOMICS

Arabidopsis SEPALLATA proteins differ in cooperative DNA-binding during the formation of floral quartet-like complexes

(2014) Khushboo Jetha et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Structural Basis for the Oligomerization of the MADS Domain Transcription Factor SEPALLATA3 in Arabidopsis

(2014) S. Puranik et al.   PLANT CELL

The CRISPR/Cas system can be used as nuclease forin plantagene targeting and as paired nickases for directed mutagenesis in Arabidopsis resulting in heritable progeny

(2014) Simon Schiml et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Distinct subfunctionalization and neofunctionalization of the B-class MADS-box genes in Physalis floridana

(2014) Shaohua Zhang et al.   PLANTA

RNAi-mediated down-regulation of SHATTERPROOF gene in transgenic oilseed rape

(2014) Hadis Kord et al.   3 Biotech

Fruit Development and Ripening

(2013) Graham B. Seymour et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

The Brassica rapa FLC homologue FLC2 is a key regulator of flowering time, identified through transcriptional co-expression networks

(2013) Dong Xiao et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Validation Assay of p3_VvAGL11 Marker in a Wide Range of Genetic Background for Early Selection of Stenospermocarpy in Vitis vinifera L.

(2013) Carlo Bergamini et al.   MOLECULAR BIOTECHNOLOGY

The Norway spruce genome sequence and conifer genome evolution

(2013) Björn Nystedt et al.   NATURE

The oil palm SHELL gene controls oil yield and encodes a homologue of SEEDSTICK

(2013) Rajinder Singh et al.   NATURE

Evolution of crop species: genetics of domestication and diversification

(2013) Rachel S. Meyer et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

MADSreloaded: evolution of theAGAMOUSsubfamily genes

(2013) Ludovico Dreni et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Structural determinants of DNA recognition by plant MADS-domain transcription factors

(2013) Jose M. Muiño et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Control of Reproductive Floral Organ Identity Specification in Arabidopsis by the C Function Regulator AGAMOUS

(2013) D. S. O'Maoileidigh et al.   PLANT CELL

The SEPALLATA MADS-box protein SLMBP21 forms protein complexes with JOINTLESS and MACROCALYX as a transcription activator for development of the tomato flower abscission zone

(2013) Danmei Liu et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Expression and genomic structure of the dormancy-associated MADS box genes MADS13 in Japanese pears (Pyrus pyrifolia Nakai) that differ in their chilling requirement for endodormancy release

(2013) T. Saito et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Molecular mechanisms involved in convergent crop domestication

(2013) Teresa Lenser et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

The interaction between OsMADS57 and OsTB1 modulates rice tillering via DWARF14

(2013) Siyi Guo et al.   Nature Communications

FLOWERING LOCUS C in monocots and the tandem origin of angiosperm-specific MADS-box genes

(2013) Philip Ruelens et al.   Nature Communications

Adaptation to seasonality and the winter freeze

(2013) Jill C. Preston et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

A naturally occurring InDel variation in BraA.FLC.b (BrFLC2) associated with flowering time variation in Brassica rapa

(2012) Jian Wu et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

A Tourist-like MITE insertion in the upstream region of the BnFLC.A10 gene is associated with vernalization requirement in rapeseed (Brassica napus L.)

(2012) Jinna Hou et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Agronomic traits and gene containment capability of cleistogamous rice lines with the superwoman1-cleistogamy mutation

(2012) Shinnosuke Ohmori et al.   BREEDING SCIENCE

Developmental and evolutionary diversity of plant MADS-domain factors: insights from recent studies

(2012) C. Smaczniak et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Gene Duplication and the Evolution of Plant MADS-box Transcription Factors

(2012) Chiara A. Airoldi et al.   Journal of Genetics and Genomics

Comparative population genomics of maize domestication and improvement

(2012) Matthew B Hufford et al.   NATURE GENETICS

The genetic basis of flowering responses to seasonal cues

(2012) Fernando Andrés et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

The dynamic nature of bud dormancy in trees: environmental control and molecular mechanisms

(2012) JANICE E. K. COOKE et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Exon skipping of AGAMOUS homolog PrseAG in developing double flowers of Prunus lannesiana (Rosaceae)

(2012) Zhixiong Liu et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

AppleSEPALLATA1/2-like genes control fruit flesh development and ripening

(2012) Hilary S. Ireland et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Loss of deeply conserved C-class floral homeotic gene function and C- and E-class protein interaction in a double-flowered ranunculid mutant

(2012) K. D. Galimba et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Molecular, genetic and transcriptional evidence for a role of VvAGL11 in stenospermocarpic seedlessness in grapevine

(2011) Nilo Mejía et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Identification of quantitative trait loci controlling late bolting in Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa L.) parental line Nou 6 gou

(2011) Tomohiro Kakizaki et al.   BREEDING SCIENCE

Regulation of flowering time: all roads lead to Rome

(2011) Anusha Srikanth et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Comparative sequence analysis of VRN1 alleles of Lolium perenne with the co-linear regions in barley, wheat, and rice

(2011) Torben Asp et al.   MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENOMICS

Spatiotemporal manipulation of auxin biosynthesis in cotton ovule epidermal cells enhances fiber yield and quality

(2011) Mi Zhang et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

MACROCALYX and JOINTLESS Interact in the Transcriptional Regulation of Tomato Fruit Abscission Zone Development

(2011) T. Nakano et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Is the lodicule a petal: Molecular evidence?

(2011) Hitoshi Yoshida   PLANT SCIENCE

Effect of the expression level of an AGAMOUS-like gene on the petaloidy of stamens in the double-flowered lily, ‘Elodie’

(2011) Yusuke Akita et al.   SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE

A genetic playground for enhancing grain number in cereals

(2011) Nese Sreenivasulu et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

KNOX genes: versatile regulators of plant development and diversity

(2010) A. Hay et al.   DEVELOPMENT

MADS-box genes of maize: frequent targets of selection during domestication

(2010) QIONG ZHAO et al.   Genetics Research

A SEPALLATA gene is involved in the development and ripening of strawberry (Fragaria×ananassa Duch.) fruit, a non-climacteric tissue*

(2010) Graham B. Seymour et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Interactions among Proteins of Floral MADS-Box Genes in Basal Eudicots: Implications for Evolution of the Regulatory Network for Flower Development

(2010) C. Liu et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Whole-genome survey and characterization of MADS-box gene family in maize and sorghum

(2010) Yang Zhao et al.   PLANT CELL TISSUE AND ORGAN CULTURE

Gene expression of DAM5 and DAM6 is suppressed by chilling temperatures and inversely correlated with bud break rate

(2010) S. Jiménez et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

ODDSOC2 Is a MADS Box Floral Repressor That Is Down-Regulated by Vernalization in Temperate Cereals

(2010) A. G. Greenup et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The Timing of Flowering

(2010) R. M. Amasino et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Make hay when the sun shines: The role of MADS-box genes in temperature-dependant seasonal flowering responses

(2010) Megan N. Hemming et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Tinkering with the C-Function: A Molecular Frame for the Selection of Double Flowers in Cultivated Roses

(2010) Annick Dubois et al.   PLoS One

Single amino acid change alters the ability to specify male or female organ identity

(2010) C. A. Airoldi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A hitchhiker's guide to the MADS world of plants

(2010) Lydia Gramzow et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

The molecular biology of seasonal flowering-responses in Arabidopsis and the cereals

(2009) Aaron Greenup et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Vernalization: Winter and the Timing of Flowering in Plants

(2009) Dong-Hwan Kim et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Cold- and light-induced changes in the transcriptome of wheat leading to phase transition from vegetative to reproductive growth

(2009) Mark O Winfield et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

A naturally occurring splicing site mutation in the Brassica rapa FLC1 gene is associated with variation in flowering time

(2009) Yu-Xiang Yuan et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

3D-DART: a DNA structure modelling server

(2009) M. van Dijk et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

OsMADS50andOsMADS56function antagonistically in regulating long day (LD)-dependent flowering in rice

(2009) CHOONG-HWAN RYU et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Common mechanisms regulate flowering and dormancy

(2009) David Horvath   PLANT SCIENCE

Climatic Changes Lead to Declining Winter Chill for Fruit and Nut Trees in California during 1950–2099

(2009) Eike Luedeling et al.   PLoS One

The Genetic Architecture of Maize Flowering Time

(2009) E. S. Buckler et al.   SCIENCE

Variations on a theme: Changes in the floral ABCs in angiosperms

(2009) Anneke S. Rijpkema et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

The ‘ABC’ of MADS domain protein behaviour and interactions

(2009) Richard G.H. Immink et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Floral organ identity: 20 years of ABCs

(2009) Barry Causier et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Seedless Fruit Production by Hormonal Regulation of Fruit Set

(2009) Tiziana Pandolfini   Nutrients

Target Genes of the MADS Transcription Factor SEPALLATA3: Integration of Developmental and Hormonal Pathways in the Arabidopsis Flower

(2009) Kerstin Kaufmann et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

SEPALLATA3: the 'glue' for MADS box transcription factor complex formation

(2009) Richard GH Immink et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

A Repressor Complex Governs the Integration of Flowering Signals in Arabidopsis

(2008) Dan Li et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Meristem identity gene expression during curd proliferation and flower initiation in Brassica oleracea

(2008) Denise V. Duclos et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Unequal Genetic Redundancy of Rice PISTILLATA Orthologs, OsMADS2 and OsMADS4, in Lodicule and Stamen Development

(2008) S.-G. Yao et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Low-Temperature and Daylength Cues Are Integrated to Regulate FLOWERING LOCUS T in Barley

(2008) M. N. Hemming et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Sequencing and annotation of the evergrowing locus in peach [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch] reveals a cluster of six MADS-box transcription factors as candidate genes for regulation of terminal bud formation

(2008) Douglas Gary Bielenberg et al.   Tree Genetics & Genomes