Characterization and functional analysis of three wheat genes with homology to the CONSTANS flowering time gene in transgenic rice

Plant Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 82-93

  Nemoto, Yasue ^a   Kisaka, Mayumi ^a   Fuse, Takuichi ^b   Yano, Masahiro ^b   Ogihara, Yasunari ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

CONSTANS; Expression of genes from three genomes; Flowering time; Heading date; Hexaploid wheat; Transgenic rice

Indexed keywords

GENES; PROTEINS;

TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRITICUM;

ARABIDOPSIS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0141907762     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2003.01859.x     Document Type: Article

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