Genetic interactions of the arabidopsis flowering time gene FCA, with genes regulating floral initiation

Plant Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 231-239

  Page, Tania ^a,c   Macknight, Richard ^a,d   Yang, Chang Hsien ^b   Dean, Caroline ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC INTERACTION; GROWTH REGULATION; MUTANT; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT GROWTH; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENE;

ALLELES; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; GENES, PLANT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0033083268     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1999.00364.x     Document Type: Article

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