FLOWERING LOCUS C encodes a novel MADS domain protein that acts as a repressor of flowering

Plant Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 949-956

  Michaels, Scott D ^a   Amasino, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ECOTYPE; FLOWERING; GENE LOCUS; MESSENGER RNA; MUTATION; PLANT GENETICS; VERNALIZATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0033133554     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.11.5.949     Document Type: Article

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