Genetic interactions between FLM and other flowering-time genes in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 915-922

  Scortecci, Katia ^a,b   Michaels, Scott D ^a   Amasino, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

FLM; Flowering; MADS box gene; SVP

Indexed keywords

GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS (BOTANY);

AUTONOMOUS FLOWERING PATHWAYS;

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOPERIOD; RNA, PLANT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0141565055     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025426920923     Document Type: Article

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