GIGANTEA: A circadian clock-controlled gene that regulates photoperiodic flowering in Arabidopsis and encodes a protein with several possible membrane-spanning domains

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 4679-4688

  Fowler, Sarah ^a   Lee, Karen ^c   Onouchi, Hitoshi ^c   Samach, Alon ^c   Richardson, Kim ^b   Morris, Bret ^b   Coupland, George ^c   Putterill, Jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^c JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Flowering time; GIGANTEA; Long day; Photoperiod

Indexed keywords

INHIBITORY GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE CONTROL; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RICE;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0033198884     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.17.4679     Document Type: Article

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