Photoperiodic regulation of flowering in perennial ryegrass involving a CONSTANS-like homolog

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 159-169

  Martin, Jérome ^a,b,c   Storgaard, Morten ^a   Andersen, Claus H ^c   Nielsen, Klaus K ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Biogemma   (France)

^c DLF Trifolium AS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; CONSTANS; Flowering; Lolium perenne; Photoperiod

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; GENES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; VEGETATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; DIURNAL OSCILLATIONS; RYEGRASS; VERNALIZATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; FLOWER; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTRON; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LOLIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYLOGENY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXONS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; INTRONS; LOLIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHOTOPERIOD; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

GENES; PHOTOPERIODISM; PLANTS; RYE STRAW;

ARABIDOPSIS; EUKARYOTA; LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE;

EID: 12444325628     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-004-2647-z     Document Type: Article

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