Different regulatory regions are required for the vernalization-induced repression of FLOWERING LOCUS C and for the epigenetic maintenance of repression

Plant Cell

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2527-2537

  Sheldon, Candice C ^a   Conn, Anna B ^a   Dennis, Elizabeth S ^a   James Peacock, W ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GROWTH KINETICS;

EARLY FLOWERING;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 0036802446     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.004564     Document Type: Article

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