Arabidopsis Terminal Flower 2 gene encodes a heterochromatin protein 1 homolog and represses both FLOWERING LOCUS T to regulate flowering time and several floral homeotic genes

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 555-564

  Kotake, Toshihisa ^a,d   Takada, Shinobu ^b   Nakahigashi, Kenji ^b   Ohto, Masaaki ^c,e   Goto, Koji ^a,b  

^a Research Institute for Biological Science OKAYAMA   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^d SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Epigenetics; Floral transition; Heterochromatin; TERMINAL FLOWER 2

Indexed keywords

AGAMOUS PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0037627930     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcg091     Document Type: Article

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