The FLF MADS box gene: A repressor of flowering in Arabidopsis regulated by vernalization and methylation

Plant Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 445-458

  Sheldon, Candice C ^a   Burn, Joanne E ^a   Perez, Pascual P ^b   Metzger, Jim ^c   Edwards, Jennifer A ^a,d   Peacock, W James ^a   Dennis, Elizabeth S ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Biocem   (France)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0033101487     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.11.3.445     Document Type: Article

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