‘Florigen’ enters the molecular age: Long-distance signals that cause plants to flower

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 236-240

  Colasanti, Joseph ^a   Sundaresan, Venkatesan ^b  

^a PLANT GENE EXPRESSION CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0034193166     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0004(00)01542-5     Document Type: Review

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