The arabidopsis flowering-time gene LUMINIDEPENDENS is expressed primarily in regions of cell proliferation and encodes a nuclear protein that regulates LEAFY expression

Plant Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 195-203

  Aukerman, Milo J ^a   Lee, Ilha ^b   Weigel, Detlef ^c   Amasino, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOWERING; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0033119759     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1999.00442.x     Document Type: Article

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