The document discusses floral identity genes in plants. It notes that floral identity genes include transcription factors that control the expression of other genes. Meristem identity genes belong to the MADS box gene family and are involved in organ identity. Key floral identity genes in Arabidopsis thaliana include APETALA1, APETALA2, APETALA3, PISTILLATA, and AGAMOUS. The ABC model of floral organ identity specifies sepals, petals, stamens and carpels based on the combinatorial activities of A, B, and C genes along with SEPALLATA genes.

2. FLORAL IDENTITY GENES
1.Transcription factors
2.Control the expression of other genes
CADASTRAL GENES
1.Spatial regulators
2.By setting the boundaries for their expression
MERISTEM IDENTITY GENES
1.Transcription factors
2.Belongs to MADS box gene family
3.Initial induction of organ identity genes
4.Positive regulators

3. Elliott Meyerowitz, Enrico Coen and colleagues
http://www.adonline.id.au/flowers/floral-identity/

4. APETELA 1*
APETELA 2
APETELA 3*
PISTILLATA*
AGAMOUS*
Those marked * are MADS Box genes

5. http://www.adonline.id.au/flowers/floral-identity/

6. http://www.adonline.id.au/flowers/floral-identity/

7. The ABC and SEP genes specify floral organ identity.
The three SEP genes function redundantly and are necessary for
petal, stamen and carpel development, in the absence of SEP genes
the inner whorls of flower develops as sepals.
SEP genes are AGL homolog
When the SEPALLATA genes are expressed together with the ABC
genes, both vegetative and cauline leaves are converted to floral
organs
SEP triple mutant exhibits floral indeterminacy. Phenotype
resembles to the BC double mutant.

8. Fig: Conversion of leaves to petals and stamens.
(a)Wild-type seedling. Cotyledons and rosette leaves are indicated.
(b) 35S::AP3 35S::PI 35S::SEP3 seedling. Rosette leaves are converted
to petal-like organs, but cotyledons are normal.
(c) 35S::AP3 35S::PI 35S::SEP3 35S::AP1 seedling. Compared with (b),
rosette leaves are more completely converted to petals.
(d) 35S::AP3 35S::PI 35S::SEP3 35S::AG inflorescence. Cauline leaves
are converted to stamen-like organs. Flowers also consist primarily of
stamen-like organs.
Abbreviations: CL, cauline leaves; Ct, cotyledons; F, flowers; RL, rosette
leaves.
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9. (a) Wild-type flower consisting of four
sepals, four petals, six stamens and two
fused carpels.
(b) sep1 sep2 sep3 triple mutant flower
in which petals and stamens are
replaced by sepaloid organs and carpels
are replaced by a new flower that
repeats this same phenotype. In
addition, there is internode elongation
between internal flowers, presumably
because of a functional ERECTA gene.
(c) Dissected sep1 sep2 sep3 triple
mutant flower with 1st-whorl sepals
(top), second and third whorl sepaloid
organs (middle), and a new flower
(bottom) that replaces the carpels.
(d) pi ag (bc) double mutant that
reiterates the same sepal, sepal, sepal
phenotype
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10. A revised version of the ABC model postulates that, in whorl 1, A-class
activity specifies sepals; in whorl 2, A + B + SEP activities specify
petals; in whorl 3, B + C + SEP activities specify stamens; and, in whorl
4, C + SEP activities specify carpals.
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11. Two Dimers of MADS proteins combine to form tetramers
Bind to two CArg( CCCA/T6GG) sites in promoters of target genes
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12. RNA transcripts are expressed as spatially restricted patterns that
are consistent with their site of action
SEP genes and ABC genes exhibits different temporal expression
profile
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13. Dotted lines or arrows indicate abolished regulation.
The thickness of lines or arrows represents the strength of
regulation. IM, inflorescence meristem.
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14. Figure . Putative protein–protein interactions among SEP (black) and
AP1/FUL (blue), B-class (red), C/D class (green), AGL6-like (orange) and SOC1-
like (purple) proteins in different floral whorls of Arabidopsis thaliana based
on yeast two- and three-hybrid assays and RNA expression. The different
proteins are indicated by different colored rectangular borders: yellow-SEP3;
green-SEP1/2; blue-SEP4
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