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Flower development of Lilium longiflorum - The Lilium information ...

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CONTENTS<br />

Chapter 1 Introduction: <strong>Lilium</strong> <strong>longiflorum</strong> and its molecular floral<br />

<strong>development</strong><br />

Chapter 2 Ectopic expression <strong>of</strong> LLAG1, an AGAMOUS homologue<br />

from lily (<strong>Lilium</strong> <strong>longiflorum</strong> Thunb.) causes floral<br />

homeotic modifications in Arabidopsis<br />

Chapter 3 Overexpression <strong>of</strong> a MADS-box gene from <strong>Lilium</strong><br />

<strong>longiflorum</strong> homologous to SEPALLATA3 is able to induce<br />

early flowering in Arabidopsis<br />

Chapter 4 Ascribing the function <strong>of</strong> LLAG1 from <strong>Lilium</strong> <strong>longiflorum</strong> in<br />

the heterologous system Arabidopsis thaliana<br />

Chapter 5 Transformation <strong>of</strong> <strong>Lilium</strong> <strong>longiflorum</strong> via particle<br />

bombardment and generation <strong>of</strong> herbicide-resistant plants<br />

Chapter 6 Floral homeotic mutants in lily: the double flower and<br />

festiva phenotypes<br />

Chapter 7 <strong>The</strong> potential <strong>of</strong> Virus-Induced Gene Silencing for speeding<br />

up functional characterisation <strong>of</strong> transcription factors<br />

Chapter 8 Epilogue 119<br />

Summary 125<br />

Samenvatting 129<br />

Resumo 133<br />

Acknowledgements 137<br />

About the author 141<br />

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