We isolated and characterized two ovule-specific MADS box cDNAs from petunia, designated floral binding protein (fbp) genes 7 and 11. The putative protein products of these genes have approximately 90% of their overall amino acid sequence in common. In situ RNA hybridization experiments revealed that both genes are expressed in the center of the developing gynoecium before ovule primordia are v...

We isolated and characterized two ovule-specific MADS box cDNAs from petunia, designated floral binding protein (fbp) genes 7 and 11. The putative protein products of these genes have -90% of their overall amino acid sequence in common. In situ RNA hybridization experiments revealed that both genes are expressed in the center of the developing gynoecium before ovule primordia are visible. At la...

MADS-domain proteins are important transcription factors involved in many biological processes of plants. In our study, a tomato MADS-box gene, SlFYFL, was isolated. SlFYFL is expressed in all tissues of tomato and significantly higher in mature leave, fruit of different stages, AZ (abscission zone) and sepal. Delayed leaf senescence and fruit ripening, increased storability and longer sepals w...

Our work is developed in the context of spatiotemporal data modeling and more particularly of urban data modeling. Our goal is to propose a methodology describing the overall process of urban data modeling from the design phase to the implementation in an information system. For that, we propose, within a GIS, an approach based on a conceptual model specific to spatiotemporal data modeling MADS...

Blackbox optimization deals with situations in which the objective function and constraints are typically computed by launching a time-consuming computer simulation. The subject of this work is the Mesh Adaptive Direct Search (MADS) class of algorithms for blackbox optimization. We propose a way to dynamically scale the mesh, which is the discrete spatial structure on which MADS relies, so that...

The MADS domain homeotic proteins APETALA1 (AP1), APETALA3 (AP3), PISTILLATA (PI), and AGAMOUS (AG) combinatorially specify the identity of Arabidopsis floral organs. AP1/AP1, AG/AG, and AP3/PI dimers bind to similar CArG box sequences; thus, differences in DNA-binding specificity among these proteins do not seem to be the origin of their distinct organ identity properties. To assess the overal...

Protein sequences encompass tertiary structures and contain information about specific molecular interactions, which in turn determine biological functions of proteins. Knowledge about how protein sequences define interaction specificity is largely missing, in particular for paralogous protein families with high sequence similarity, such as the plant MADS domain transcription factor family. In ...

The purpose of this paper is to propose a model of risk analysis which combines two tools belonging to a different context. These both tools are MADS (Model of Analysis of Dysfunctional Systems) and UML (Unified Model Language). The proposed method aims to integrate UML language, especially the collaboration diagram, in the MADS model. We represent the danger source system of MADS model with th...

In Arabidopsis thaliana, the three MADS box genes SEEDSTICK (STK), SHATTERPROOF1 (SHP1), and SHP2 redundantly regulate ovule development. Protein interaction studies have shown that a multimeric complex composed of the ovule identity proteins together with the SEPALLATA MADS domain proteins is necessary to determine ovule identity. Despite the extensive knowledge that has become available about...

OBJECTIVES To assess the effectiveness of mandibular advancement devices (MADs) for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) over a long-term follow-up in patients non-compliant with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and to identify potential predictive factors of response to MADs. METHODS Fifteen OSAS patients were enrolled. Apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) and daytime sle...