A thermosensory pathway controlling flowering time in Arabidopsis thaliana

Nature Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 168-171

  Blázquez, Miguel A ^a,b   Ahn, Ji Hoon ^a,c   Weigel, Detlef ^a,d  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación   (Spain)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOCHROME;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLOWER DEVELOPMENT; FLOWERING; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMORECEPTOR; WINTER;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; FLAVOPROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LIGHT; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MUTATION; PHOTOPERIOD; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; PLANT COMPONENTS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0037313183     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1085     Document Type: Article

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