WAP1, a Wheat APETALA1 Homolog, Plays a Central Role in the Phase Transition from Vegetative to Reproductive Growth

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1255-1265

  Murai, Koji ^a   Miyamae, Mamiko ^a   Kato, Hiromi ^a   Takumi, Shigeo ^b   Ogihara, Yasunari ^c  

^a FUKUI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

APETALA1; Heading time; MADS box gene; Phase transition; Triticum aestivum L.; Wheat

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WHEAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRITICUM;

SPERMATOPHYTA; TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0742270781     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcg171     Document Type: Article

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