Vernalization and the initiation of flowering

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 441-448

  Dennis, E S ^a,b   Finnegan, E J ^a,b   Bilodeau, P ^a,b   Chaudhury, A ^a,b   Genger, R ^a,b   Helliwell, C A ^a   Sheldon, C C ^a   Bagnall, D J ^a   Peacock, W J ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Cytokinin; Flowering; Methylation; Vernalization

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 0000328294     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/scdb.1996.0055     Document Type: Article

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