Gibberellins promote flowering of Arabidopsis by activating the LEAFY promoter

Plant Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 791-800

  Blázquez, Miguel A ^a   Green, Roland ^b   Nilsson, Ove ^a,c   Sussman, Michael R ^b   Weigel, Detlef ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0031773761     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.10.5.791     Document Type: Article

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