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Elena Alvarez-Buylla Roces
 
elena alvarez    
Instituto de Ecología
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
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Ping Han, Berenice García-Ponce, Gabriel Fonseca-Salazar, Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla, and Hao Yu. 2008. AGAMOUS-LIKE 17, a novel flowering promoter, acts in a FT-independent photoperiod pathway. Plant Journal 55(2): 253-265 abstract | full text | article in pdf format

Rosalinda Tapia-López, Berenice García-Ponce, Joseph G. Dubrovsky, Adriana Garay-Arroyo, Rigoberto V. Pérez-Ruíz, Sun-Hyung Kim, Francisca Acevedo, Soraya Pelaz, and Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla. 2008. An AGAMOUS-related MADS-box gene, XAL1 (AGL12), regulates root meristem cell proliferation and flowering transition in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology 146(3): 1182-1192 abstract | full text | article in pdf format

Patricia Delgado, Luís Enrique Eguiarte, Francisco Molina-Freaner, Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla  and Daniel Piñero. 2008. Using phylogenetic, genetic and demographic evidence for setting conservation priorities for Mexican rare pines. Biodiversity and Conservation 17(1): 121-137 full text | article in pdf format

Alejandra Vázquez-Lobo, Annelie Carlsbecker, Francisco Vergara-Silva, Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla, Daniel Piñero, and Peter Engström. 2007. Characterization of the expression patterns of LEAFY/FLORICAULA and NEEDLY orthologs in female and male cones of the conifer genera Picea, Podocarpus, and Taxus: implications for current evo-devo hypotheses for gymnosperms. Evolution and Development 9(5): 446-459 abstract | full text | article in pdf format

Patricia Delgado, Rodolfo Salas-Lizana, Alejandra Vázquez-Lobo, Ana Wegier, Maria Anzidei, Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla Giovanni G. Vendramin, and Daniel Piñero. 2007. Introgressive hybridization in Pinus montezumae lamb and Pinus pseudostrobus lindl. (pinaceae): Morphological and molecular (cpSSr) evidence. International Journal of Plant Sciences 168(6): 861-875 abstract | full text | article in pdf format

Gabriel S. Fonseca, Berenice Garcia, Marcelina Garcia, Ursula Flores, Soraya Pelaz and Elena Alvarez-Buylla. 2007. XAANTAL3 (AGL17) is an ANR1-like MADS-box gene that regulates Arabidopsis root meristern behaviour and mediates morphogenetic responses under nitrogen and phosphorus starvation. Developmental Biology 306(1): 449-449   full text | article in pdf format

Mariana Benitez , C. Espinosa-Soto Carlos, Pablo Padilla-Longoria, Jose Diaz, and Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla. 2007. Equivalent genetic regulatory recover contrasting spatial cell networks in different contexts patterns that resemble those in Arabidopsis root and leaf epidermis: a dynamic model. International Journal of Developmental Biology 51(2):139-155

Tania Hernández-Hernández, León Patricio Martínez-Castilla, and Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla. 2007. Functional diversification of B MADS-Box homeotic regulators of flower development: Adaptive evolution in protein-protein interaction domains after major gene duplication events. Molecular Biology and Evolution 24 (2): 465-481 FEB abstract | full text | article in pdf format
  
Elena R Alvarez-Buylla, Mariana Benítez, Enrique Balleza Dávila, Álvaro Chaos, Carlos Espinosa-Soto and Pablo Padilla-Longoria. 2007. Gene regulatory network models for plant development. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 10 (1): 83-91 FEB abstract | full text | article in pdf format
    
Álvaro Chaos, Max Aldana, Carlos Espinosa-Soto, Berenice García Ponce de León, Adriana Garay Arroyo and Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla. 2006. From genes to flower patterns and evolution: Dynamic models of gene regulatory networks. Journal of Plant Growth and Regulation 25 (4): 278-289 DEC abstract | full text | article in pdf format
  
Caroline Burgeff, Esther Zúñiga-Sánchez, Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla and Alicia Gamboa-deBuen. 2006. Characterization of the flor1 null mutant during heat stress. Developmental Biology 295 (1): 378-378 141 JUL 1 abstract | full text | article in pdf format
    
Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla, Berenice García-Ponce, and Adriana Garay-Arroyo. 2006. Unique and redundant functional domains of APETALA1 and CAULIFLOWER, two recently duplicated Arabidopsis thaliana floral MADS-box genes. Journal of Experimental Botany 57 (12): 3099-3107 SEP abstract | full text | article in pdf format

Barbara A. Ambrose, Espinosa-Matias S, Vazquez-Santana S, Vergara-Silva F, Martinez E, Marquez-Guzman J, and Alvarez-Buylla ER. 2006. Comparative developmental series of the Mexican triurids support a euanthial interpretation for the unusual reproductive axes of Lacandonia schismatica (Triuridaceae).  American Journal of Botany 93 (1): 15-35 JAN. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

Carlos Espinosa-Soto, Pablo Padilla-Longoria, and Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla. 2004. A gene regulatory network model for cell-fate determination during Arabidopsis thaliana flower development that is robust and recovers experimental gene expression profiles. The Plant Cell 16(11): 2923-2939. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

Francisca G. Acevedo, Alicia Gamboa, Julio Paez-Valencia, Luis Felipe Jimenez-Garcia, Mario Izaguirre-Sierra, and Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla. 2004. FLOR1, a putative interaction partner of the floral homeotic protein AGAMOUS, is a plant-specific intracellular LRR. Plant Science 167(2): 225-231. abstract (full text article and pdf available from ScienceDirect at this link)

Leon Patricio Martínez-Castilla, and Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla. 2003. Adaptive evolution in the Arabidopsis MADS-box gene family inferred from its complete resolved phylogeny. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 100(23): 13407-13412. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format | supplementary material

Francisco Vergara-Silva, Silvia Espinosa-Matías, Barbara A. Ambrose, Sonia Vázquez-Santana, Alejandro Martínez-Mena, Judith Márquez-Guzmán, Esteban Martínez, Elliot M. Meyerowitz, and Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla. 2003. Inside-out flowers characteristic of Lacandonia schismatica evolved at least before its divergence from a closely related taxon, Triuris brevistylis. International Journal of Plant Sciences 164(3):345-357. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

Lazaro R. Sanchez-Velasquez, Exequiel Ezcurra, Miguel Martinez-Ramos, Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla, and Rogelia Lorente. 2002. Population dynamics of Zea diploperennis, an endangered perennial herb: effect of slash and burn practice. Journal of Ecology 90 (4): 684-692. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

Caroline Burgeff, Sarah J. Liljegren, Rosalinda Tapia-Lopez, Martin F. Yanofsky, Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla. 2002. MADS-box gene expression in lateral primordia, meristems and differentiated tissues of Arabidopsis thaliana roots. Planta 214 (3): 365-372. abstract (full text and pdf available from Springer Link at this link)

Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla. 2002. La diversidad de las formas vegetales: variaciones sobre un mismo tema. Ciencias 65: 18-28. article in pdf format

Alicia Gamboa, Julio Paez-Valencia, G. Francisca Acevedo, Luz Vazquez-Moreno, and Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla. 2001. Floral transcription factor AGAMOUS interacts in vitro with a leucine-rich repeat and an acid phosphatase protein complex. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 288(4): 1018-1026. abstract (full text and pdf available from ScienceDirect at this link)

Francisco Campos, Blanka I. Garcia-Gomez, Rosa M. Solorzano, Emmanuel Salazar, Juan Estevez, Patricia Leon, Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla, and Alejandra J. Covarrubias. 2001. A cDNA for nuclear-encoded chloroplast translational initiation factor 2 from a higher plant is able to complement an infB Escherichia coli null mutant. Journal of Biological Chemistry 276(30): 28388-28394. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

Soraya Pelaz, Rosalinda Tapia-Lopez, Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla, and Martin F. Yanofsky. 2001. Conversion of leaves into petals in Arabidopsis. Current Biology 11 (3): 182-184. abstract (full text and pdf available from ScienceDirect at this link)

Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla, Sarah J. Liljegren, Soraya Pelaz, Scott E. Gold, Caroline Burgeff, Gary S. Ditta, Francisco Vergara-Silva, and Martin F. Yanofsky. 2000. MADS-box gene evolution beyond flowers: expression in pollen, endosperm, guard cells, roots and trichomes. Plant Journal 24(4): 457-466. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

Francisco Vergara-Silva, Leon Patricio Martinez-Castilla, and Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla. 2000. MADS-box genes: development and evolution of plant body plans. Journal of Phycology 36(5): 803-812. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

Luis Mendoza, and Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla. 2000. Genetic regulation of root hair development in Arabidopsis thaliana: a network model. Journal of Theoretical Biology 204(3): 311-326. abstract (pdf available from ScienceDirect at this link)

Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla, Soraya Pelaz, Sarah J. Liljegren, Scott E. Gold, Caroline Burgeff, Gary S. Ditta, Lluis Riba de Pouplana, Leon Patricio Martinez-Castilla, and Martin F. Yanofsky. 2000. An ancestral MADS-box gene duplication occurred before the divergence of plants and animals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 97(10): 5328-5333. abstract | full text article | article in pdf format

Amy L. Lawton-Rauh, Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla, and Michael D. Purugganan. 2000. Molecular evolution of flower development. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 15(4): 144-149. abstract (pdf available from ScienceDirect at this link)

Luis Mendoza, Denis Thieffry, and Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla. 1999. Genetic control of flower morphogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana: a logical analysis. Bioinformatics 15(7-8): 593-606. abstract | article in pdf format

Luis Mendoza, and Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla. 1998. Dynamics of the genetic regulatory network for Arabidopsis thaliana flower morphogenesis. Journal of Theoretical Biology 193(2): 307-319. abstract (pdf available from ScienceDirect at this link)

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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