Terminal Flower2, an Arabidopsis Homolog of Heterochromatin Protein1, Counteracts the Activation of Flowering Locus T by Constans in the Vascular Tissues of Leaves to Regulate Flowering Time

Plant Cell

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2856-2865

  Takada, Shinobu ^a,b,c   Goto, Koji ^a,b  

^a Research Institute for Biological Science OKAYAMA   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; PROTEINS; TISSUE;

FLOWERING TIME;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0346120021     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.016345     Document Type: Article

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