Analysis of the Arabidopsis MADS AFFECTING FLOWERING gene family: MAF2 prevents vernalization by short periods of cold

Plant Cell

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1159-1169

  Ratcliffe, Oliver J ^a   Kumimoto, Roderick W ^a   Wong, Becky J ^a   Riechmann, José Luis ^a,b  

^a Mendel Biotechnology   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPOSURE CONTROLS; GENES; MUTAGENS; REDUCTION;

VERNALIZATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 0038705142     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.009506     Document Type: Article

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