EMF genes interact with late-flowering genes to regulate Arabiclopsis shoot development

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 382-393

  Haung, Ming Der ^a   Yang, Chang Hsien ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Double mutants; Embryonic flower mutant; Flower competence; Lateflowering mutants

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; FLOWERING; MUTANT; PLANT GENETICS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0032054971     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029381     Document Type: Article

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