Analysis of the molecular basis of flowering time variation in Arabidopsis accessions

Plant Physiology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 1107-1114

  Gazzani, Silvia ^a   Gendall, Anthony R ^a,b   Lister, Clare ^a   Dean, Caroline ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES;

VERNALIZATIONS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0038459045     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.103.021212     Document Type: Article

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