Determinate and Late Flowering Are Two Terminal Flower1/Centroradialis Homologs That Control Two Distinct Phases of Flowering Initiation and Development in Pea

Plant Cell

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2742-2754

  Foucher, Fabrice ^a   Morin, Julie ^a,b   Courtiade, Juliette ^a   Cadioux, Sandrine ^a   Ellis, Noel ^c   Banfield, Mark J ^d   Rameau, Catherine ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Inst Natl de la Rech Agronomique   (France)

^c JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

FLOWERING; REGULATORY GENES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0344945621     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.015701     Document Type: Article

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