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Apetala3; Chs; comparative genomics; phylogeny; promoter function; regulatory evolution
Chalcone synthase promoter; cis-acting elements; ammonia-lyase gene; plant arabidopsis-thaliana; molecular evolution; dna- binding; flower development; petunia-hybrida; nucleotide substitution; transcription factors
Abstract:
DNA sequence variations of chalcone synthase (Chs) and Apetala3 gene promoters from 22 cruciferous plant species were analyzed to identify putative conserved regulatory elements. Our comparative approach confirmed the existence of numerous conserved seq