Vernalization-induced flowering in wheat is mediated by a lectin-like gene VER2

Planta

Volumn 217, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 261-270

  Yong, Wei dong ^a,c   Xu, Yun yuan ^a   Xu, Wen zhong ^a   Wang, Xin ^a   Li, Ning ^b   Wu, Jin song ^a   Liang, Tie bing ^a   Chong, Kang ^a   Xu, Zhi hong ^a   Tan, Ke hui ^a   Zhu, Zhi qing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

Flowering; Lectin like gene; Transgenic wheat; Triticum; VER2; Vernalization

Indexed keywords

GENES; PROTEINS; SEED; TISSUE;

TISSUE DEGENERATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EUKARYOTA; TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0038082174     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-003-0994-7     Document Type: Article

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