Günter Theißen

The paper analyzes the correlation between codon degeneracy and amino acid frequencies across genetic codes, revealing consistent patterns of over- and underrepresentation of amino acids across domains of life.

The paper reviews how MIKCC-type MADS-domain transcription factors recognize target genes through different mechanisms, including dimer formation and heterotetramer binding to CArG-boxes.

The paper investigates the evolutionary origin of floral quartet complexes in plants, showing that MIKCC-type genes evolved tetramerization interfaces through exon duplication, enabling distinct regulatory networks.

This study identifies a conserved leucine zipper-like motif in SEPALLATA-like MADS-domain proteins that enables tetramerization, essential for flower development regulation.